March 01, 2008	Saturday	Safar 22, 1429

KARACHI, Feb 29: The Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) won the Zone ‘F’ Inter-university Cricket Championship final against the Karachi University (KU) by four wickets at the PCB Academy Ground on Thursday despite a hat-trick by Adnan Akhtar.

The KU, batting first, were dismissed for 233 in 48.3 overs with Ali Jawad hitting 77. The SSUET, in reply, reached the target for the loss of six wickets, and with four balls to spare.

KU’s Adnan Akhtar recorded a hat-trick by getting rid of Fakhar Rizvi, Bilal Malik and Ali Mehar on successive deliveries. Rehan Azam cracked 68 with five hits to the boundary and two over it while Adnan Ali Bajwa hammered 67 with nine fours for the winners.

Meanwhile, In a Zone ‘H’ match played at the TMC Ground, the NED University defeated the Textile Institute of Pakistan (TIP) by seven wickets, as Fasihullah (3-21) and Zargham Khan (64 runs) fared well for the winners.

At the KCCA Stadium, Mehran Engineering University (Jamshoro) overcame Greenwich University by seven wickets with Waqas blasting an unbeaten 52 and Abdus Samad finishing 39 not out for the victors.

Summarised scores:

SSUET beat KU by four wickets.

KARACHI UNIVERSITY 233 in 48.3 overs (Ali Jawad 77, Farhan Rafique 48; Musaib Bin Rauf 2-37, Danish Ahmed 2-39, Hammad 2-23); SSUET 234-6 in 49.2 overs (Rehan Aftab 68, Adnan Ali Bajwa 67, Ali Meher 21, Danish Ahmed 26 not out; Adnan Akhtar 3-41).

TIP 128 in 39.3 overs (Azhar Khalid 32, Aurangzeb 26, Kashan Qureshi 24; Fasihullah 3-21, Ahmedullah 2-1); NED 129-3 in 13 overs (Zargham Khan 64, Shoaib-ur-Rehman 23, Fazal Mohammad Khan 19; Babar Javed 2-22).

GREENWICH 166 in 42 overs (Emad 46, Agha Hasan 33, Humayun 22; Abdul Basit 3-43, Ashraf Baig 2-28); MEHRAN ENGINEERING 168-3 in 30.3 overs (Waqas 52 not out, Abdus Samad 39 not out).—APP