Mati’s Century in vain

Published December 28, 2003

KARACHI, Dec 27: Korangi Al-Fateh (KAF) and Pakistan CC (PCC) registered victories in Madre-i-Millat Inter-club cricket tournament on Friday.

Anis Shaikh stroked a fluent unbeaten 56 with six fours and Saqib Zia cracked 51 with seven boundaries as KAF defeated Karachi Eaglets Club (KEC) by 56 runs at Landhi Gymkhana Ground.

At Sakhi Hasan Gymkhana Ground, PCC beat Rangers CC (RCC) by 18 runs despite a gallant hundred by Mati-ur-Rehman with 11 boundaries.

Faraz Khan made 60 with seven fours, Fahad Anjum hit six boundaries in his 56 and Kamran bin Mansoor slammed eight boundaries in his 52 as PCC raced to 263 for nine wickets in 40 overs.

RCC in reply were restricted to 245 for eight wickets in 40 overs. Rizwan Qureshi captured three wickets for 37 runs.

Summarized scores:

KAF bt KEC by 56 runs.

KAF 218 for eight wickets in 40 overs (Anis Shaikh 56 not out, Saqib Zia 51, Umair Ahmed 43)

KECC 154-9 in 40 overs (Atif Kamal 55, Sajjad Hasan 21, Faraz 21; Kashif Ahmed 2-12 and Tariq Hussain 2-19).

PCC bt RCC by 18 runs

PCC 263-9 in 40 overs (Faraz Ahmed Khan 60, Fahad Anjum 54, Kamran bin Mansoor 52, Asadullah Sumeiri 51, Irfanuddin 15 not out, Irfan Kazmi 3-44, Laiq Zafar 2-34, Kareemullah 2-43)

RCC 245 for eight wickets in 40 overs (Mati-ur-Rehman 105, Asif Akhtar 44, Kareemullah 26, Mudassir 17; Rizwan Qureshi 3-37, Irfanuddin 2-32, Adnan Kaleem 2-33).—APP

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