Jaffar, Naeem excel

Published September 18, 2007

KARACHI, Sept 17: Cantt Sports and Sky Tower CC won their respective matches in the Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramazan Twenty20 cricket tournament at the AKG Ground.Cantt Sports defeated Tapal CC by 30 runs with spinners Jaffar Qureshi (3-11) and Naeem Tayyab (3-26) sharing the bowling honours.

Sky Tower CC, meanwhile, scored a close three-wicket victory against Tracker CC.

Summarised scores:

Cantt Sports beat Tapal CC by 30 runs.

CANTT SPORTS 129 in 20 overs (Nadeem Nasir 22; Iqbal Shaikh 4-21, Kamran Umar 2-14); TAPAL CC 99-9 in 20 overs (Mansoor Baig 28, Babar 23; Jaffar Qureshi 3-11, Naeem Tayyab 3-26).

Sky Tower CC beat Tracker CC by three wickets.

TRACKER CC 104-9 in 20 overs (Asif Butt 27; Akhtar Hussain 4-13, Mohammad Bilal 2-19); SKY TOWER CC 105-7 in 19.1 overs (Fayyaz Abbas 21, Farman Shah 21 not out; Asad Butt 2-18).—Sports Reporter

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