November 01, 2007	Thursday	Shawwal 19, 1428

KARACHI, Oct 31: Beaconhouse School (Gulshan Campus) registered a nail-biting one-wicket victory over City School (Gulshan Chapter) in a match at the PCB Karachi Region Inter-school Cricket Championship at the PCB Academy ground on Wednesday.

Opener Waqas Khan cracked ten fours and three sixes in his 83 as the City School were bowled out for 146 in the 37th over.

Beaconhouse School, in reply, romped home for the loss of nine wickets in the 38th over. Salman Anis captured four wickets for 32. Shayan Jahangir top scored with 26 and Shahrukh Iqbal got 21.

In other matches, GBSS Model Colony beat Golden Model School by seven wickets at the Pak Star Ground while Comprehensive School overcame HB Malik School by four wickets at the TMC Ground.

Summarised scores:

CITY SCHOOL (GULSHAN BRANCH) 146 in 36.2 overs (Waqas Khan 83; Hassam Mushtaq 3-20); BEACONHOUSE SCHOOL (GULSHAN CAMPUS) 147-9 in 37.4 overs (extras 51, Shayan Jahangir 26, Shahrukh Iqbal 21; Salman Anis 4-32).

GOLDEN MODEL SCHOOL 85 in 25.2 overs (Allah Rakha 32; Adil Khan 4-22); GBSS (MODEL COLONY) 86-3 in 26.4 overs (Adil Khan 33; Chana Smith 2-27).

HB MALIK SCHOOL 64 in 19.4 overs (Mohammad Usman 19, extras 23; Shafqat Hussain 5-33); COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL 68-6 in 13 overs (Zubair Ahmed 15 not out; Saad Ashraf 5-30).

—APP