LAHORE: The Red Bull Campus Cricket 2015 edition came alive with an incredibly exciting game between National College of Arts (NCA) and Government College of Science (GCS) which was won by the GCS outfit in the final over of the match.

Batting first the NCA team posted a below par total of 114 runs for the loss of nine wickets in the allotted twenty overs. Asad Masood held the innings together as wickets fell around him. The opener scored 42 off 41 balls. Ali Hussain, Shakeel Ahmed and Huzaifa Khalid took two wickets each.

The GCS team went past the target on the first ball of the final over for the loss of nine wickets. Hamza Masood top-scored with 25, Ahmed Sohail and Huzaifa contributed 18 each for the winners. Naveed Rajpoot and Umer Ahmed took three wickets each in a losing cause for NCA. The Man of the Match award went to Hamza Masood.

Published in Dawn, April 25th, 2015

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