Record knock by Zahid

Published May 13, 2005

KARACHI, May 12: Zahid Ali blasted a record-breaking 197 to put Pak Folks in the semifinal of PCB Inter-school cricket tournament when the overwhelmed Shaheen Cambridge by 310-run on Wednesday. Zahid highest knock of the competition came off only 114 deliveries and was spiced with 27 boundaries and six 6s.

Also joined Pak Folks in the city included Central Grammar School and Ebrahim Ali Bhai School.

Central Grammar thrashed FF Public School by nine wickets. Umar Butt hit an unbeaten 64 to steer his team to easy win.

Ata Muhammad took six wickets for 32 runs to bowl Ebrahim Alibahi School to six runs success over A.K.Grammar at Student Ground.

Summarized scores:

Pak Folks beat Shaheen Cambridge by 310 runs.

Pak Folks Academy 394-5 in 45 overs (Zahid Ali 197, Atif Siddique 66, Waqar Raees 45, Nadir 48): Shaheen Cambridge School 84 in 20.3 overs (Salman Tariq 27, Asif Hameed 18, Obaid Ahmed 3-26, Faraz Ahmed 3-26).

Central City beat FF Public by nine wickets.

FF Public School 143 in 44.3 overs (Faizan Tahir 25, Hasnanin-ul- Haq 23): Central City 144-1 in 35.5 overs (Umar Butt 64 not, Iman Sheikh 36 not out).

Ebrahim Ali Bhai School beat A.K.Grammar by 6 runs.

Ebrahim Ali Bhai School 185 in 38.5 overs (Ahmed Shah 39, Mohsin Ali 25, Younis Khan 23, Fawad Khan 3-36, Bilal Rasheed 3-45); A.K. Grammar School 179 in 35.3 overs (Asif Khan 38, Dolat Khan 29, Kashif Khan 25, Aurangzeb 23, Ata Muhammad 6-32, Mamroz Khan 2-60).—APP

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