Diamond, Punjab in last eight

Published September 16, 2003

ISLAMABAD, Sept 15: Diamond Club and Punjab made it to the quarterfinals of the Islamabad Cricket Association President Cup as did XI Star and Asif Memorial.

At the Marghazar Ground, Diamond edged out Services by 27 runs while Punjab handed Imran Memorial a crushing 157-run defeat.

Elsewhere, XI Star knocked out All Youngstar by 64 runs and Asif Memorial scored a 35-run win over Ghouri.

Summarised scores:

Diamond bt Services by 27 runs as Marghazar Ground. Diamond 145-7 in 29 overs. Farrukh Hayat 37, Ameer Khan 28, Najamul Hassan 25; Muhammad Ali 2-35); Services 118 in 26 overs (Qazi Uzair 33, Tahir Akhtar 20; Muhammad Nadeem three wkts).

Punjab bt Imran Memorial by 157 runs. Punjab 216-8 in 40 overs (Raja Muhammad Kashif Khan 69, Waseem Raza 25, Ulfat Hussain 23, Fahad Ahmed Khan 22 not out, Atif Amin Butt 20; Akhtar Gul 2-29, Abbas Shah 2-36); Imran Memorial 59 in 18.4 overs (Naveed Ashfaq 20; Awais Akram 3-4, Arslaan Zaheer 3-8, Adnan Suleman 2-39).

XI Star bt All Youngstar by 64 runs at Lal Quarters Ground. XI Star 145 in 35 overs (Muhammad Ihsan 28, Muhammad Altaf 27, Rizwan Bhatti 21; Ghulam Yazdani 3-24, Muhammad Idrees Butt 2-12, Ghulam Murtaza 2-22); All Youngstar 81 in 26 overs (Muhammad Idrees Butt 15; Muhammad Altaf 5-23, Rizwan Sabir 3-15).

Asif Memorial bt Ghouri by 35 runs at CRA Ground. Asif Memorial 203 in 38.3 overs (Raheel Majeed 62, Azhar Ayub 52, Muhammad Shehzad 28; Faizan Riaz 3-21, Hamza Riaz 2-25); Ghauri 168 in 41.5 overs (Asad Shah 26, Sajjad Ahmed 21, Hamza Riaz 20; Chaudhry Nasir 2-11, Asif Rehman 2-16, Raheel Majeed 2-30.

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