Karachi U-19 Blues beat disabled cricket team

Published August 27, 2015
KARACHI: Ex-Test player Nadeem Khan presents the Pakistan cap to Disabled Cricket team fast bowler Farhan Saeed here at NSK on Wednesday.
KARACHI: Ex-Test player Nadeem Khan presents the Pakistan cap to Disabled Cricket team fast bowler Farhan Saeed here at NSK on Wednesday.

KARACHI: Due to sparkling century by Rabish Ahmed, Karachi Blues U-19 cricket team beat Pakistan Disabled Cricket team by a big margin of 121 runs in a T20 practice Match during the training camp here on Wednesday at the National Stadium Karachi.

Batting first, Karachi U-19 scored 214-5 in the allotted overs. Opener Rabish Ahmed scored a brilliant century (104 off 50 balls) and Kashif Iqbal made 31. Left-arm spinner Ameer Ahmed took 2-45.

In reply, Pakistan disabled cricket team could manage only 93-9. All-rounder Abdullah Ejaz was the topscorer with a fighting half-century off 42 balls.

Medium pacer Azizuddin captured 3-14 and Asher Qureshi took 2-9.

Earlier, chief guest and ex-Test cricketer Nadeem Khan presented the official Pakistan cricket caps to the members of national disabled team.—Agencies

Published in Dawn, August 27th, 2015

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