KARACHI: Pakistan batsman Asad Shafiq struck a stylish 72 to help Pakistan CC qualify for the last-16 round of the KCCA President Cup with an eight-wicket defeat of New United Gymkhana at the KCCA Stadium here on Thursday.

Akbar-ur-Rehman also excelled for the star-studded side by hitting an unbeaten 90.

Summarised scores:

NEW UNITED GYMKHANA 186 in 43.3 overs (Tariq Bakht 53, Noman Ikram 39, Feroz Khan 30; Shahzaib Ahmed Khan 4-51, Fawad Khan 3-34); PAKISTAN CC 187-2 in 21 overs (Akbar-ur-Rehman 90 not out, Asad Shafiq 72).

LAROSH CC 126 in 37.3 overs (Ijazuddin 31, Hafiz Amin 26, Kamran Hussain 20; Shahid Khan 3-19, Habib-ur-Rehman 2-10, Adnan-ur-Rehman 2-25); LANDHI FRIENDS 127-7 in 18.4 overs (Arsalan Bashir 46; Aurangzeb 4-19, Mohammad Zahid 2-26).

Played on Wednesday:

HAMDAM CC 291 in 44.5 overs (Osama Butt 156, Salman Khan 31; Shoaib Ali 2-36, Farrukh Jamil 2-37, Mohammad Iqbal 2-53); EASTERN STAR CC 216-8 in 45 overs (Shoaib Ali 57, Rajab Ali 50, Ramiz Ahmed 27; Umar Khan 2-30).

METROPOLITAN CC 219 in 45 overs (Fahaddis Bukhari 61, Anjum Naveed 50, Hasan Abdullah 21; Basit Ali 5-48, Sajjad Mirza 2-36); AL-NOOR GYMKHANA 223-6 in 41.5 overs (Ahmed Iqbal 62, Daniyal Mansoor 38, Sami Afridi 31; Alam Khurshid Shah 3-25, Anjum Naveed 2-37).

PAK KORANGI CC 274-4 in 45 overs (Ashraf Ali 113,Talib Ali 68,Mubashir Ahmed 52); QASMI GYMKHANA 277-2 in 37 overs (Imran Ali 116, Mohammad Rizwan 76; Shahid Latif 54 not out).

LINES AREA GYMKHANA 172 in 39.4 overs (Shahzar Hasan 69, Bilal Abbasi 29, Jawwad Ali 28; Yasir Hussain 5-24, Mirza Asad Baig 2-14); VITAL FIVE CC 176-5 in 41.2 overs (Mirza Asad Baig 57, Ramiz Aziz 53, Zia-ul-Haq 34 not out; Masoom Ali 2-38).

Published in Dawn, February 14th, 2015

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