KARACHI: Inspired by fine performances from Fawad Irfan and Rohit Mukesh, St Paul’s English School defeated Meritorious Science College in the sixth Ian Fyfe Memorial Inter-school Invitation T20 Cricket League here on Wednesday.

Batting first after winning the toss at the KGA Gymkhana Ground, St Paul’s scored 159-4 thanked to a opening partnership of 70 between Fawad (81) and Rohit (37).

Spinner Hamza Hanif claimed three wickets for 38 runs.

Meritorious Science, in their reply, ended up making 125-9 with Hammad contributing 33.

Rohit excelled with his slow left-armers to capture three wickets for 12, while Hamza Khan grabbed three for17.

Summarised scores:

ST PAUL’S ENGLISH SCHOOL 159-4 in 20 overs (Fawad Irfan 81, Rohit Mukesh 37; Hamza Hanif 3-38); MERITORIOUS SCIENCE COLLEGE 125-9 in 20 overs (Hammad 33; Rohit Mukesh 3-12, Hamza Khan 3-17).

Published in Dawn, November 21th, 2014