Friends win trophy

Published January 4, 2002

KARACHI, Jan 3: Bilal Friends clinched the All Karachi Zamir Khan Memorial cricket tournament when they defeated Central Police by three wickets in the final at Al-Mansoora Ground, says a news release issued Thursday.

Summarized scores:

Central Police 133 in 19 overs (Nadeem Rao 24, Basit Junior 23, Nadeem Akhtar 20; Azeem Mustufa 4-24, Zeeshan Aziz 3-17, Ikram Mahmood 2-22); Bilal Friends 134 for seven in 19.1 overs (Jaffer Qureshi 42, Majeed Zaffari 26, Afsar Nawaz 22; Mustufa Kamal 3-17, Farrukh Zahid 2-22, Hasan 2-21).—APP

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