RAWALPINDI, May 31: A Mohammad Aamir century and his haul of eight wickets earned Bajwa Public School a 272-run victory over Govt School Qutral Attock and with it the PCB National Inter-school (Rawalpindi region) title.
Aamir stroked 104 in his team's total of 302 and then sent the rivals crashing to 30 all out with his sizzling spell in which he claimed eight wickets for 12 runs.
Bajwa School, who retained their title, owed it all to the heroics of Aamir adjudged the Man-of-the-Match. He also earned the best batsman and best bowler awards.
Aamir's feat overshadowed a fine knock of 107 by team-mate Nasir Mahmood.
Summarised scores:
BAJWA SCHOOL 302-4 in 45 overs (Nasir Mahmood 107, Mohammad
Aamir 104, Adil Rasheed 24, Shiraz Latif 22; Malik Taimoor 2-67); GOVT SCHOOL QUTRAL ATTOCK 30 (Azhar Riaz 11; Mohammad Aamir 8-12).
Our Sports Reporter adds from Karachi: A devastating spell of spin bowling by Wajidullah helped New Standard School overwhelm Islamia Secondary School by 170 runs in the Karachi region tournament on Tuesday.
Off-spinner Wajid snared six for 15 as Islamia Secondary crashed to 115 all out while chasing 268.
Earlier Ijaz Waheed (88, five fours and four sixes) and Shakir Afridi (48) were main run-getters for the winners.
In an exciting finish, R.A. Model School defeated A One Academy by just one wicket.
Fine batting by S.M. Mujahid (70, eight fours), Arsalan Hussain (50, six fours) and a good all-round performance from Mohammad Zohaib (59 with six fours and three for 38) guided GBSS Apwa Korangi to a 67-run victory over Danish Ali English School.
Abid Raza’s all-round showing (55 with nine fours and three for 40) failed to save Green Home School from a 37-run loss against Dhaka Secondary School.
Summarised scores:
New Standard School beat Islamia Secondary School by 170 runs at TMC Ground.
NEW STANDARD 283 in 45 overs (Ijaz Waheed 88, Shakir Afridi 48; Shahid Afridi 2-23, Fahad Shoaib 2-61); ISLAMIA SECONDARY 113 in 22.5 overs (Fahimuddin 26; Wajidullah 6-15).
Dhaka Secondary School beat Green Home School by 37 runs at Student Sports Ground.
DHAKA SECONDARY 208 in 43.5 overs (Faizan Wasim 58, Ahmer Abbasi 32, Shahram Hanif 30; Arsalan Siddiqui 4-39, Abid Raza 3-40); GREEN HOME 171 in 39.5 overs (Abid Raza 55, Nauman Hafiz 29; Aamir Khan 4-39, Affan Ahmed 2-14).
Shaheen Public School beat Shaheen Cambridge School by six wickets at Asifabad Sports Ground.
SHAHEEN CAMBRIDGE 109 in 39.2 overs (Imran Aziz 29; Mohammad Ashraf 4-15, Abdul Majid 3-20); SHAHEEN PUBLIC 112-4 in 16.2 overs (Naeem Naimatullah 40, Hussain Saleem 27, Israr Khurshid 20; Tauseef Ali Khan 2-21).
R.A. Model School beat A One Academy by one wicket ay Pak Star Ground.
A ONE ACADEMY 179 in 39.5 overs (Javed Ramzan 53, Faisal Nawaz 40, Shoaib Razzaq 29; Hanif Malik 3-12, Kashifur Rahman 3-35, Nauman Khan 2-36); R.A. MODEL 180-9 in 36 overs (Rizwan Ali 31; Asghar Shabbir 2-23, Shoaib Razzaq 2-36, Zaheer Hussain 2-40).GBSS Apwa Korangi beat Danish Ali English School by 67 runs at Landhi Gymkhana Ground.
GBSS APWA KORANGI 267-6 in 45 overs (S.M. Mujahid 70, Mohammad Zohaib 59, Arsalan Hussain 50; Omair Saleem 2-32); DAMISH ALI ENGLISH 200 in 41 overs (Saad Hussain 86; Mohammad Zohaib 3-38, S.M. Mujahid 2-27, Zeeshan Barqi 2-27).