KARACHI, Feb 28: Taslim Baloch struck a fine 74 to spur Punjab CC to a thrilling one-run victory over Glorious CC in the KCCA Inter-club cricket tournament on Monday.
In other matches, Pak Star CC and Alamgir Gymkhana emerged victors after winning their respective matches.
Alamgir Gymkhana trounced New United Gymkhana by 101 runs at New United Ground while Pak Star crushed Paramount CC by five wickets at Pak Star Ground.
Summarised scores:
Alamgir Gymkhana beat New United Gymkhana by 101 runs.
ALAMGIR GYMKHANA 239 in 38.1 overs (Zahir Afridi 68, Hasan Javed 43, Najeebullah 38, Abdullah Shah 34; Issam Iqbal 2-58, Junaid Ilyas 2-52); NEW UNITED GYMKHANA 138 in 29 overs (Shaharyar Hasan 45, Imran Aftab 35, M. Ahsan Khan 3-31, Zaheer Abbas 3-34, Shoaib Lodhi 2-22).
Pak Star CC beat New Paramount CC by five wickets.
NEW PARAMOUNT CC 125 in 29.5 overs (Tayyab Khan 63; Raja Aftab 3-12, Mohammad Naqi 2-22, Mohammad Javed 2-25); PAK STAR CC 127-5 in 26.5 overs (Adnan Ahmed 31, Mohammad Naqi 24, A. Javed 23 not out; Mohammad Ishaq 2-30).
Punjab CC beat Glorious CC by one run.
PUNJAB CC 234-7 in 40 overs (Taslim Baloch 74, Tazim Gul 35, Rehan Hasan 35); GLORIOUS CC 233-9 in 40 overs (Salahuddin 54, Asif Rafiq 32, Moazzam Ali 28; Sajid Younis 2-39, Mohammad Shafiq 2-39).