Hamid and Ali share spoils

Published May 13, 2005

KARACHI, May 12: Spinners Hamid Ali and Mohammad Ali captured seven wickets between them to help Sindh Police crush Tapal CC by 126 runs in the 14th KCCA Inter-departmental cricket tournament at the UBL Sports Complex on Wednesday.

Off-spinner Hamid grabbed four for 24 and slow left arm spinner Muhammad Ali claimed three for 15 to dismiss Tapal CC for 121.

Sindh Police, batting first, piled 252 for eight in 40 overs with Gohar Ali striking seven boundaries in his 51.

Summarised scores:

SINDH POLICE 252-8 in 40 overs (Gohar Ali 51, Chaudhry Sajjad 49, Imran Umar 44, Rashid Ali 44; Salman Yasin 3-45, Shakaib Ahmed 2-42); TAPAL CC 121 in 38.2 overs (Sumail Aziz 22, Hamid Ali 4-24, Mohammad Ali 3-15, Shujat Ali 2-32).—APP

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