December 13, 2006	Wednesday	Ziqa'ad 21, 1427

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KARACHI, Dec 12: Left-arm spinner Ahsan Raza captured six wickets but failed to save Central City Grammar School (CCGS) from a 10-run defeat against Royal Academy in the HBL Inter-school Cricket Championship at the TMC Ground on Monday.

Ahsan finished with figures of six for 29 in eight overs as Royal Academy were bowled out for 109 in 36 overs. Opener Farrukh Ali top-scored with 31.

CCGS, in reply, crashed to 99 in 34.5 overs. Opening batsman Haroon Zaheer got 29.

In another match at the KCCA Stadium, FF Public (FFPS) beat APWA GBSS by five wickets. Leg-spinner Mansoor Ali took four wickets for 13 runs in eight overs for winners.

Summarised scores:

Royal Academy beat CCGS by 10 runs.

ROYAL ACADEMY 109 in 36 overs (Farrukh Ali 31, Faizan Elahi 16; Ahsan Mirza 6-29, Mohammad Rehan 2-15); CCGS 99 in 34.5 overs (Haroon Zaheer 29, Syed Own 19, Ahsan Mirza 15; Muneeb Ali 3-11, Ali Hussain 2-12, Farhad Baig 2-19).

FFPS bt APWA GBSS by five wickets.

APWA GBSS 114 in 35.5 overs (Meezan Raheel 29, Ubair Malik 19, Sharjeel Khan 17; Mansoor Ali 4-13, Faisal Tahir 2-18, Ayaz Alam 2-29); FFPS 115-5 in 26.2 overs (Farman Khan 28, Ammar Hussain 24, Faizan Tahir 21; Mujahid Hussain 3-27).—APP