February 29, 2008	Friday	Safar 21, 1429

KARACHI, Feb 28: The Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) will lock horns with Karachi University in the Inter-university ‘F’ cricket tournament final after winning their respective semi-finals on Wednesday.

Asif Ali Bajwa blasted a thunderous 116 with nine boundaries and half a dozen sixes as the SSUET defeated Iqra University by 99 runs at the TMC Ground.

The SSUET, batting first, piled up a massive 304-6 in the allotted 45 overs. Iqra University, in reply, were bowled out for 205 in 43.5 overs, thanks to a four-wicket haul by Musaib Bin Rauf.

Meanwhile, Karachi University outplayed the IBT by seven wickets in the other semi-final at the PCB Academy Ground.

Shahmir Khattak and Mohsin Sultan claimed three wickets each in their team’s triumph.

In two Zone ‘G’ preliminary matches of the tournament, Textile Institute of Pakistan (TIP) beat Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) by three wickets at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground while Mehran Engineering University downed ZABIST by two wickets at the KCCA Stadium.

Summarised scores:

SSUET 304-6 in 45 overs (Asif Ali Bajwa 116, Farrukh Rizvi 50, Aamir Ali 46, Ali Mehar 41; Wajahat Farooq 2-53); IQRA UNIVERSITY 205 in 43.5 overs (Zubair Ahmed 58, Sharif Azeem 33; Musaib Bin Rauf 4-81, Danish Ahmed 3-23).

IBT 84 in 27.1 overs (Kamran Saeed 21, Umar Saeed 15; Shahmir Khattak 3-3, Mohsin Sultan 3-10, Faraz Hassan 2-22); KARACHI UNIVERSITY 90-3 in 12.3 overs (Fahad Anjum 45; Ammad Ahsan 2-20).

LUMS 176 in 39.2 overs (Shoaib Ahmed 54, Dilshan Khan 30 not out; Meraj Ali 3-40, Babar Khan 3-40); TIP 178-7 in 32.2 overs (Farrukh Zeeshan 51, Kashan Qureshi 26; Ahmed Ali 3-20, Asif Khan 2-32).

ZABIST 183 in 37 overs (Hamza Rishi 43, Hammad Sheikh 52, Waqas Athar 24; Basit Ali 3-21, Kashif 2-37); MEHRAN ENGINEERING 184-8 in 34 overs (M. Bakhsha 32, Waqas Khan 24, Ali Immad 22; Ammar Chandi 3-31, Hammad Sheikh 3-37, Sabir Ali 2-26).—APP