DHA Blues and Navy triumph

Published May 6, 2005

KARACHI, May 5: Pakistan Navy and DHA Blues emerged victorious in their respective matches in the 14th KCCA Trophy Inter-departmental cricket tournament Wednesday. Navy defeated Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) by a convincing margin of 155 runs at the UBL Sports Complex. Batting first, Navy made 285 for five in 40 overs with Ali Asad top-scoring with 81 which included eight fours. Tanvir Hussain hit 71 with seven boundaries.

CAA, in reply, were bundled out for 130 in 22 overs with slow left-armer Imran Ali and medium pacer Farman Shah sharing six wickets between them.

At the KCCA Stadium, DHA Blues overwhelmed Habeen & Company by 150 runs.

Summarised scores:

Navy beat CAA by 155 runs.

NAVY 285-5 in 40 overs (Ali Asad 81, Tanvir Hussain 71, Aamir Niazi 30, Mohammad Waheed 27, Babar Agha 27; Mushtaq Ahmed 2-43);

CCA 130 in 22 overs (Mushtaq Ahmed 47, Nazir Abbas 26; Imran Ali 3-50, Farman Shah 3-53).

DHA Blues beat Habeen & Company by 150 runs.

DHA BLUES 267-9 in 40 overs (Akbar Rahman 72, Zafar Jadoon 45, Fayyaz Ali 30; Faisal Hussain 3-57, Aamir Hanif 2-33);

HABEEN & COMPANY 117-8 in 40 overs (Sami Arshad 36, Ghulam Rasool 24; Atif Maqbool 3-24, Wasim Naeem 2-18).—APP

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