KARACHI, May 22: Asad Ali’s brilliant unbeaten century helped Mir Sports outclass New United Gymkhana by eight wickets in an NBP-KCCA Super League club tournament match here on Monday at the Asifabad Sports Ground.
Studded with 20 fours and a six, Asad’s unbeaten 135 steered his team to the target of 220 in just 32 overs as they lost only two wickets. Earlier, New United Gymkhana, batting first, scored 220-8 in the stipulated 50 overs.
In the meantime, Al-Mansoora Sports Club registered a thrilling one-wicket victory over Rafiq Sherazi Memorial Cricket Club at the KCCA Stadium. S. Farooq captured four wickets for the winners.
Summarised scores:
NEW UNITED GYMKHANA 220-8 in 50 overs (Imran Khan 87, Fahad Ansari 75; Athar Iqbal 3-31, Ahmed 2-22); MIR SPORTS 221-2 in 32 overs (Asad Ali 135 not out, Mir Rashid 42).
RAFIQ SHERAZI CC 200-9 in 50 overs (Nadir Ansari 57, Iftikhar Ahmed 29, Waqas Ahmed 24, Faheem Ahmed 18; S Farooq 4-35, M Absar 2-27); AL-MANSOORA SC 203-9 in 44.3 overs (Kashif Majeed 31, M Javed 25, Tahir Mahmood 22, Ibrahim Akhtar 22; M Salman 2-39). –Agencies