KARACHI, Jan 12: Sajid Bashir hit an unbeaten century while Farhad Mirza grabbed five wickets to steer Young Co-operators Cricket Club (YCCC) to a huge 223-run win over AO Colts in the NBP-KCCA Inter Club Cricket Tournament here on Thursday at the Bahi Park Ground.

Sajid clobbered 12 boundaries in his 103 as the winners posted 276-5 in stipulated 40 overs while batting first and later restricted AO Colts to only 53 in 18.5 overs. Spinner Farhad Mirza conceded only 22 for his five-wicket haul while Salim snatched three wickets for just ten runs.

In other matches, Ambala Sports, Rangers Gymkhana and Mohammad Hussain Colts recorded victorious against AO Green, Kamran Cricket Club and Ramzan Cricket Club respectively.

Summarised scores:

YCCC bt AO Colts by 223 runs. YCCC 276-5 in 40 overs (Sajid Bashir 103 not out, Imran Qureshi 56, Shahid Mahmood 35, Nasir Salim 30; Farhan 2-52, Ayazuddin 2-47) v AO COLTS 53 in 18.5 overs (Farhad Mirza 5-22, Nasir Salim 3-10).

Ambala Sports bt AO Green by eight wickets. AO GREEN 150-8 in 40 overs (Umair Hussain 71, Ghazi Khan 14; M Junaid 4-20, Ayub Omer 3-22) v AMBALA SPORTS 151-2 in 17.5 overs (Usman Khan 53, M Bilal 42, Obaid Ghazi 28).

Rangers Gym bt Kamran CC by nine wickets. KAMRAN CC 126 in 25.5 overs (Zafar Khan 58, Danial Ahmed 30; M Nadeem 3-21, Naseer Ahmed 3-21, Ataullah 2-35, Saif Ashraf 2-33) v RANGERS GYM 127-1 in 18.4 overs (Saif Ashraf 58 not out, Abdul Wahab 25).

M Hussain Colts bt Ramzan CC by 25 runs. MOHAMMAD HUSSAIN COLTS 181 in 34.4 overs Talha Shabbir 32, Sharjeel Ausaf 30; Mustafa Ahmed 2-20), Habib 2-24) v RAMZAN CC 156 in 35.2 overs (Ishtiaq Ahmed 70, Naeem Jabbar 29; M Aamir 3-19, Ramiz Raja 2-27, Talha Shabbir 2-21).—PPI

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