KARACHI, May 28: Punjab Cricket Club and New United Gymkhana (NUG) won their respective matches in the fifth Pak-China Gold Cup cricket tournament on Sunday. Punjab CC defeated United Sports by four wickets. Shoaib Ahmed, Shafiq Papa and Tanzeem Gul captured three wickets apiece and Tasleem Baloch hammered a fine 51 for the winners at the Punjab Ground.
Meanwhile, New United Gymkhana beat Airport Stars by five wickets at the Airport Stadium with Imran Khan (76) and Ahmed Faraz (50) shining for the victors.
Summarised scores:
UNITED SPORTS 179 in 32.4 overs (Basit Malik 50, Adeel Naseem 40, Tariq Usman 35; Tanzeem Gul 3-18, Shafiq Papa 3-21, Shoaib Ahmed 3-32); PUNJAB CC 180-6 in 28.3 overs (Tasleem Baloch 51, Asif Khan 40, Rehman Imran 30; Arsalan 3-24).
AIRPORT STARS 229 in 36.1 overs (Javed Abid 56, Farman Ali 50, Shakeel Wali 51; Zubair Shera 3-36, Nusrat Mahmood 3-38, Mohammad Saqib 3-40); NEW UNITED GYMKHANA 230-5 in 34.4 overs (Imran Khan 76, Ahmed Faraz 50, Fahad Ansari 40; Naved Khan 3-46, Ashraf Ali 2-36). —APP