KARACHI: Spinners Azizullah and Faizan Ali shared eight wickets between them to help Fazal Hussain CC defeat Rahbar CC by 11 runs in their KCCA President Cup fixture at the KGA Gymkhana Ground here on Monday.

Chasing a modest 156, Rahbar CC were all out for 144 in the 36th over with slow left-armer Azizullah taking four for 27 and off-spinner Faizan four for 36.

Earlier, slow left-arm Mohammad Aaqib grabbed five wickets for 32 runs as Fazal Hussain CC mustered 155 all out in 33.2 overs.

Off-spinner Rashid Ali starred with figures of five for 21 at the KCCA Stadium where Montgomery Gymkhana inflicted a six-wicket defeat on Al-Karam Sports.

Summarised scores:

Montgomery Gymkhana beat Al-Karam Sports by six wickets at KCCA Stadium.

AL-KARAM SPORTS 150 in 40.1 overs (Farman Shah 30, Sajid Umar 27, Sheroze Ali 20; Rashid Ali 5-21, Nadir Shah 3-30, Ziaur Rehman 2-35); MONTGOMERY GYMKHANA 151-4 in 29.5 overs (Ziaur Rehman 38, Shahid Aslam 33, Kamran Ali 21 not out, Shahzaib Nazar 21; Mohammad Wasim 3-39).

Fazal Hussain CC beat Rahbar CC by 11 runs at KGA Gymkhana Ground.

FAZAL HUSSAIN CC 155 in 33.2 overs (Tauseeq Ahmed 44, Azizullah 27; Mohammad Aaqib 5-32, Abdul Wahab 3-32); RAHBAR CC 144 in 35.2 overs (Abdul Wahab 30, Mohammad Ismail 25; Azizullah 4-27, Faizan Ali 4-36).

Published in Dawn, December 17th, 2014

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