Shabbir shines

Published June 1, 2006

ISLAMABAD, May 31: Ghulam Shabbir shone with both bat and ball as Rainbow Club beat Liaquat Club by 66 runs in the NBP-ICA Inter-city cricket tournament on Wednesday at the XI Star Ground.

In Rainbow's total of 335, Ghulam cracked a half century and then took four wickets for 57 runs to help dismiss Liaquat Club for 269.

Summarised scores:

RAINBOW CLUB 335 in 48 overs (Ghulam Shabbir 50, Zeeshan 45, Asif 44, Gohar 39; Nisar Ahmed 3-54, Saif 2-46, Wajid 2-61);

LIAQUAT CLUB 269 (Tariq 52, Arshad 37, Naveed 32, Saif 30; Ghulam Shabbir 4-57, Asif 3-33, Gohar 2-40).

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