KARACHI, June 25 Tapal Cricket Club won the Wallis Mathias Memorial cricket tournament when they beat Mohammad Hussain CC by 98 runs in the final at the NBP Sports Complex Ground here the other day.

Batting first, Tapal CC piled up 296-7 in their 40 overs with opener Akif Alvi striking four sixes and five fours a 42-ball 74 and Salman Khan contributing 72 off 60 balls with the help of seven boundaries.

Mohammad Hussain CC, in reply, were restricted for 198-7 with Adnan Akhtar scoring 54.

Summarised scores

TAPAL CC 296-7 in 40 overs (Akif Alvi 74, Salman Khan 72, Faraz Feroze 56, Ahmed Zeeshan Malik 23; Mohammad Ali 2-46); MOHAMMAD HUSSAIN CC 198-7 in 40 overs (Adnan Akhtar 54, Imran Javed 46, Mohsin Sultan 32, Aamir Iqbal 26; Salman Khan 2-27, Ameet Ravi 2-29, Kamran Umer 2-39).—APP