KARACHI, Sept 23: St Michael’s and St Paul’s registered easy victories in the opening matches of the Askari Intermediate Inter-school cricket tournament on Monday.

St Michael’s crushed International School of Studies (ISS) by 140 runs at the Aga Khan University Ground, while St Paul’s easily defeated Jafar Public School (JPS) by 59 runs at the PAD Park.

Summarised scores:

*St Michael’s beat ISS by 140 runs.

St MICHAEL’S 216-5 un 25 overs (Faizan Iqbal 50, Yasir Abdur Rehman 43; Mahmood 3-33);

ISS 76 in 16.1 overs (Ammar Khalid 2-10, Pir Shiraz 2-30).

*St Paul’s beat JPS by 59 runs.

ST PAUL’S 137-9 in 25 overs (Haroon Hussain 27; Saad Farooq 2-22, Owais Afzal 2-29, Uzair Iqbal 2-29);

JPS 78 in 16.4 overs (Muqeet Javed 24; Hassan Hussain 2-7, Uzair Younis 2-9, Jaffar Abbas 2-22).