PIA Academy win

Published February 6, 2007

KARACHI, Feb 5: Skipper Talha Shafiq and Mohammad Danish scored superb centuries as PIA Academy Cricket Club trounced U Slim Club Lahore by 14 runs here at the UBL Sports Complex on Sunday.

Talha smashed 15 fours and a brace of sixes in his 130 while Danish made an unbeaten 120 including 18 fours as the winners posted 325 in the stipulated 25 overs while batting first. They later restricted the U Slim Club to 311-9 to register a 14-run win. —PPI

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