Outstanding knock by Umar

Published June 6, 2006

LAHORE, June 5: Four more matches were decided in the PCB Lahore Inter-school cricket championship on Monday. A fine knock of 78 by Umar Akmal helped Lords International beat Government Islah-e-Moashara School by 27 runs at the Cricket Centre ground.

Four-wickets by medium-pacer Adil Sardar for 16 runs propelled Aizar School to a five-wicket win against Pak Grammar High School at Model Town Club ground.

Four wickets each by Shuja Haider and Hashim Khan for 23 and 19 runs enabled Quaid-I-Azam High School Qila Laxhman Singh to beat their Johar Town Branch by 93 runs at the Model Town Greens ground.

In a low-scoring match three wickets each by Shehzad Hussain and Khawaja Usman for one and 17 runs helped Government High School, Baghbanpura beat Educators by nine wickets at the Aligarh ground.

Summarised scores.

LORDS 199-6, 35 overs (Umar Akmal 78; Sohail Younis 3-34).

ISLAH 172, 34.3 overs (Rashid Khan 54).

QUAID (LAXHMAN) 167, 28.5 overs ( Hashim Khan 49; Ali Zaib 4-33).

QUAID (JOHAR) 74, 18 overs (Shuja Haider 4-23, Hashim Khan 4-19).

PAK GRAMMAR 111, 30.2 overs (Abdul Rehman 47; Adil Sardar 4-16, Hafiz Salman 3-18).

AIZAR 116-5, 27.4 overs (Anayat Ullah 38).

EDUCATORS 50, 13.3 overs (Shehzad Hussain 3-1, Khawaja Usman 3-17).

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