Yasir Arafat bats well

Published December 17, 2001

RAWALPINDI, Dec 16: Gul Club won the Ramazan sports festival cricket tournament here at the Rawalpindi Stadium as they cruised to an easy 52-run victory against Rainbow Club.

Yasir Arafat led the scoring with a well-struck 47 while Nadeem Abbasi chipped in with a brisk 33 as Gul put on 185 for nine in the allotted overs.

In reply, Rainbow managed 139 for nine.

Summarised scores:

Gul Club bt Rainbow by 52 runs at Rawalpindi Stadium.

Gul Club: 185 for nine (Yasir Arafat 47, Nadeem Abbasi 33, Babar Naeem 30; Muhammad Asif 2-28, Faqir Hussain 2-33)

Rainbow: 139 for nine (Zeeshan 40, Tahir 24; Ajmal 2-28, Khalid 2-33).

Best batsman of the tournament Pervez Aziz

Best bowler Muhammad Asif

Best wicketkeeper Muhammad Zubair

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