Hawks, Eleven Star in semifinals

Published December 25, 2001

ISLAMABAD, Dec 24: Islamabad Hawks and Eleven Star qualified for the semifinals of the Chairman CDA cricket championship. Hawks defeated Diamond by four wickets while Eleven Star hammered Majid Memorial by eight wickets.

The semifinals between Youngster-Islamabad Hawks and Eleven Star-Rawal Town will be played Tuesday.

Summarised scores:

Islamabad Hawks bt Diamond by four wickets at Diamond Ground. Diamond 164 (Farrukh Hayat 46, Junaid Shafqat 22, Waseem Akhtar 22; Hakim Butt 3-23, Raja Rizwan 3-32); Islamabad Hawks 168 for six (Adil Hanif 44, Hakim Butt 41, Ameer Khan 30 no out; Asif Akhtar 3-34).

Eleven Star bt Majid Memorial by eight wickets at Punjab Ground. Majid Memorial 164 (Asad Hayat 31, Zahid Mahmood 25, Imran Haider 21; Ghulam Muhammad 3-27); Eleven Star 166 for two (Rizwan Bhatti 63, Asadullah Khan 50, Zafar Mahmood 37 not out).

Youngster bt Islamabad Gymkhana by 25 runs at Diamond Ground. Youngster 212 for nine (Muhammad Zahid 61, Mazhar Abbasi 43, Waseem Abbas 32, Irfan Bhatti 20 no; Jawad Hussain 3-23, Aqeel Yousaf 2-34, Afif Haider 2-41); Islamabad Gymkhana 173 (Tariq Qayyum 40, Jawadullah 37; Omer Asif 2-27, Adnanul Haq 2- 23).

Rawal Town bt Classic by eight wkts at Punjab Ground. Classic 95 all out (Zahid Farooq 20; Shakir Mahmood 3-15, Amir Maqsood 2- 12, Ishtiaq Rabbani 2-18); Rawal Town 96 for two (Aftab Ahmed 31, Anser Mahmood 25 no; Zahid Farooq 2-38).

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