KARACHI: A sparkling half-century from Adnan Qaiser inspired Malir Cantt Gymkhana to a four-wicket victory against Young Pak Flag CC in a latest fixture of the KCCA Zone-IV Abdul Rauf Malik Cricket Tournament at the Pak Star Ground here on Wednesday.

After bowling out Young Pak Flag CC for 174, Malir Cantt Gymkhana reached 177-6 in 25.4 overs as Adnan scored 71 with the aid of 10 boundaries and one six.

Slow left-armer Babar Ali bowled claimed four wickets for 36 runs.

Spinning duo of Noman Ahmed and Waqas Bin Tariq shared all 10 Friend Gymkhana wickets to enable Youngster Gymkhana to seal a six-wicket win.

Leg-spinner Noman grabbed 5-23 and off-spinner Waqas took 5-34 as Friend Gymkhana were shot out for 100 in 21.4 overs.

Anas Fahim bludgeoned a quickfire 85 to set up a comprehensive 81-run success for Millat CC versus Sir E.H. Jaffer CC.

Anas hammered six sixes and three fours in his blazing 43-ball unbeaten innings as Millat CC posted 221-8 in the stipulated 40 overs.

Slow left-armer Irfan Shah then snared 4-27 to send Sir E.H. Jaffer CC crashing to 140 all out in 29.3 overs.

Summarised scores:

Malir Cantt Gymkhana bt Young Pak Flag CC by four wickets.

YOUNG PAK FLAG CC 174 in 30 overs (Ramzan Jamal 30, Nadeem Khan 28, Malik Naeem 26; Sajjad Hussain 2-19, Musa Ehsan 2-30, Farid Khan 2-30); MALIR CANTT GYMKHANA 177-6 in 25.4 overs (Adnan Qaiser 71, Usman Hasan 34, Kashif Iqbal 26; Babar Ali 4-36, Umair Khan 2-35).

Youngster Gymkhana bt Friends Gymkhana by six wickets.

FRIENDS GYMKHANA 100 in 21.4 overs (Mohammad Taha 23; Noman Ahmed 5-23, Waqas Bin Tariq 5-34); YOUNGSTER GYMKHANA 101-4 in 20.3 overs (Mubashir Ahmed 36, Moiz Ahmed 24).

Millat CC bt Sir E.H. Jaffer CC by 81 runs.

MILLAT CC 221-8 in 40 overs (Anas Fahim 85 not out, Irfan Shah 34, Ahmed Alam 29; Taha Anwar 3-35, Amjad Khan 2-4, Mohammad Farhan 2-42); SIR E.H. JAFFER CC 140 in 29.3 overs (Adil Shah 28, Osama Aftab 21; Irfan Shah 4-27).­

Published in Dawn, December 8th, 2017