April 04, 2008	Friday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 26, 1429

KARACHI, April 3: The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) and Karachi Port Trust (KPT) won their respective matches in the 16th Hinopak Trophy-KCCA Inter-departmental Cricket League here on Wednesday.

In the first match, the KESC thrashed Income Tax by eight wickets at the KCCA Stadium, thanks to fine half-centuries by Sharjeel Ashraf and Zeeshan Jamil besides Abdul Rehman’s four-wicket haul.

Batting first, Income Tax crashed to 173 all out in 38.5 overs. Left-arm spinner Abdul Rehman grabbed four wickets for 22 and off-spinner Mansoor Khan got three for 52.

The KESC, in reply, raced to victory for the loss of three wickets in 29.3 overs. Sharjeel hit an unbeaten 67 with six fours and Zeeshan 56 with five fours.

In another match played at the TMC Ground, the KPT beat Sindh Police by 20 runs.

Summarised Scores:

INCOME TAX 173 in 38.5 overs (Mohammad Haseeb 36, Mubashir Hussain 27, Amar Hussain 25, Zakir Ali 23; Abdul Rehman 4-22, Mansoor Khan 3-52); KESC 174 for 3 in 29.3 overs (Sharjeel Ashraf 67, Zeeshan Jamil 56, Mohammad Fahim 38).

KPT 276-8 in 45 overs (Saad Wasim 47, Wajihuddin 50, Faraz Patel 45, Mohammad Hasnain 40 not out; Mubarak Ali 2-55, Israr-ul-Haq 2-56); SINDH POLICE 256 in 44.1 overs (Gohar Ali 88, Fahad Jabbar 73, Kamran Hussain 45; Babar Rehman 3-48, Mohammad Hasnain 2-71, Faraz Patel 2-26).—APP