Faheem cracks century

Published October 17, 2003

KARACHI, Oct 16: Faheem Haris cracked a brilliant hundred and Faisal Ali took five wickets in Mansoor Sports (MS) massive 137 runs victory over Poona CC (PCC) in Madre-i-Millat Inter-club cricket tournament at Mansoora Ground on Wednesday.

Faheem hit 11 boundaries and a six in his 123 to power MS to 280 for five wicket in 40 overs. PCC in reply were bowled out for 143 in 24.2 overs. Faisal Ali took five wickets for 13 runs in deadly spell.

At New United Gymkhana Ground (NUG), Student (SS) defeated Pakistan Youth CC (PYCC) by two wickets.

Ayaz Ahmed produced a fine allround show in his team’s win. Ayaz scored 36 and grabbed three wickets for 26 runs.

Summarized scores:

MS bt PCC by 137 runs.

MS 280-5 in 40 overs (Faheem Haris 123 not out, Owais Ahmed 58, Muhammad Ali 33; Khurram Ali Khan 2-50); PCC 143 all out in 24.2 overs (Zeeshan Ahmed 22, Zeeshan Saeed 22, Mahmood Ali 20; Faisal Ali 5- 15.A.Zahid 2-44).

SS bt PYCC by two wickets.

PYCC 194-9 in 40 overs (Ayaz Ahmed 36, Umer 35, Hussain Khan 31; Azhar Iqbal 3-45, M.Junaid 2-28, M.Waseem 2-56, Faisal Ali 2-16); SS 195-8 in 28.5 overs (Iqbal Thanvi 37, M.Junaid 32 not out, Ata-ur-Rehman 27; Ayaz Ahmed 3-26).—APP

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