KARACHI, March 3: Off-spinner Fazal Hussain with a five-wicket haul helped Northern Gymkhana (NG) trounce Dacca Wonders (DW) by 163 runs in the KCCA Inter-clubs cricket tournament at the New United Ground on Thursday.
Fazal excelled with his match-winning figures of 5-24 as the winners restricted their opponents to just 160 in defending their huge target of 323 runs in 40 overs.
Earlier, Saad Bashir (80) and Shahzad Ahmed (56) inspired NG to amass a big target while batting first.
Summarised scores:
NG bt DW by 163 runs NG 323 all out in 38.3 overs (Saad Bashir 80, Shahzad Ahmed 56, Moin Dilshad 38; Akber Hussain 2-43)
DW 160 all out in 38.3 overs (Siraj Gul 34, Nazoo Ameer 34, Akber Hussain 21; Fazal Hussain 5-24, Fareed Ahmed 3-44)
MS bt Bilal Friends by 78 runs MS 279-9 in 40 overs (Ovais Ahmed 70, Faraz Danish 49; M Ismail 2-34)
Bilal Friends 201 all out in 29.3 overs (Sajjad 71, Zeeshan Aziz 34, Ejazuddin 37; Jehanzaib 5-50, Faraz Danish 2-21)
AAS XI bt Malik Sports by seven wickets
Malik Sports 206 all out in 35 overs (Maqsood Ali 68, Mehfooz Adil 54, Najam Wahab 27, Ali Yousuf 24; Aamir Rizwan 2-34)
AAS 210-3 in 28.5 overs (Kamran Hussain 84, Sadi Raza 43, Amir 38; Ali Yousuf 2-25).—PPI