Faisalabad meet bankers today

Published April 11, 2006

LAHORE, April 10: The unbeaten teams of the Pentangular Cup cricket tournament--Faisalabad and National Bank of Pakistan-- will meet each other in the important tie of the third round of the Cup starting at the Multan Stadium from Tuesday.

The winners of the match will have bright chances to win the Cup.

Faisalabad, the runners-up of Quaid-i-Azam Gold League had won both the matches. Faisalabad defeated PIA, the runners-up of Patron's Trophy by nine wickets at the Qadhafi Stadium.

In the second match, Faisalabad routed Sialkot, the champions of the Gold League by 130 runs.

The bankers so far played one match, beating Sialkot by 41 runs.

In the second match of the third round, Karachi Harbour and Sialkot, both the teams which have failed to win any match, will meet against each at Qadhafi Stadium. Karachi Harbour lost the opener to PIA by nine wickets.

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