KARACHI, Jan 19: Pace bowler Nasir Khan picked up six wickets to bowl Rafiq Sherazi Memorial Cricket Club to an 85-run victory over Khizra Sports in a match of the KCCA League tournament at the TMC Ground on Friday.
Opener Mohammad Salman slammed 85 with seven fours and three sixes while Nadir Ansari struck 50 with three fours, to steer Rafiq Sherazi CC to 241-6 off the allotted 50 overs.
Nasir destroyed the struggling Khizra Sports batting line-up with sustained pace, finishing with excellent figures of 6-37.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Cricket Club recorded their six consecutive win, thrashing Al-Noor Gymkhana by seven wickets at the KCCA Stadium.
Daniyal Ahsan scored 50 studded with two fours and three sixes and his team-mate off-spinner Tabish Nawab claimed four wickets for the winners.
In the meantime, Korangi Al-Fateh Cricket Club beat Delhi City Gymkhana by five wickets in another match of the tournament at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground.
Summarised scores:
RAFIQ SHERAZI MEMORIAL CC 241-6 in 50 overs (Mohammad Salman 85, Nadir Ansari 50, Iftikhar Ahmed 39; Arif Mahmood 5-77); KHIZRA SPORTS 156 in 39 overs (Mansoor Khan 51, Sameer Khan 22; Nasir Khan 6-37, Qamar Iqbal 2-16, Syed Farooq 2-62).
AL-NOOR GYMKHANA 160 in 48.2 overs (Mohammad Imran 57 not out, Mohammad Ali Zafar 32; Tabish Nawab 4-48, Fazal Subhan 2-16): PAKISTAN CC 161-3 in 28 overs (Daniyal Ahsan 50, Akbar-ur-Rehman 38 not out).
DELHI CITY GYMKHANA 143 in 34.4 overs (Faizan Khan 46, Asif Siddiqui 45; Mohtashim Ali 3-14, Mohammad Khalid 2-23); KORANGI AL-FATEH CC 144-5 in 22 overs (Mohammad Farrukh 43 not out, Wajihuddin 32, Chaudhry Sajjad 22; Ashfaq Afridi 3-33).—APP