Ashraf, Sajid excel

Published April 7, 2006

KARACHI, April 6: Ashraf Ali and Sajid Qureshi hammered centuries to help their respective teams win in the KCCA Inter-club championship on Wednesday.

Ashraf scored 111 with 11 boundaries as Landhi Friends CC beat Karachi Eaglets by six wickets at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground.

At the Landhi Friends Ground, Korangi Friends CC trounced Sabir XI by 131 runs with Sajid Qureshi hitting 100.

Khizra Sports beat Hamdam CC by four wickets thanks to half centuries by Arshad Aza and Mansoor Khan.

Summarised scores:

Khizra Sports beat Hamdam CC by four wickets.

HAMDAM CC 242-6 in 40 overs (Aminur Rahman 66, Asim Akhtar 64, Salman Khan 59, Sajid Ansari 20);

KHIZRA SPORTS 243-6 in 35.2 overs (Arshad Aza 79, Mansoor Khan 63, Mohammad Farrukh 40; Akmal Ahmed 3-19).

Landhi Friends beat Karachi Eaglets by six wickets.

KARACHI EAGLETS 162 in 30.5 overs (S.M. Raheem 75, Khurram Abbas 20; Ashraf Ali 4-26, Habibur Rahman 3-27);

LANDHI FRIENDS 165-4 in 29.2 overs (Ashraf Ali 103, Arsalan Hussain 36; Zohaib Shera 2-24).

Korangi Friends CC beat Sabir XI by 131 runs.

KORANGI FRIENDS CC 236-5 in 40 overs (Sajid Qureshi 100, Mansoor Ali 87; Aga Jan 3-40)

SABIR XI 105 in 33 overs (Shamsul Haq 22; Sohail Khan 2-6, Arsalan Ahmed 2-11, Aamir Ahmed 2-14, Sharafat Hussain 2-30). —APP

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