ISLAMABAD, May 17: Half centuries by Ameer Khan and Fayyaz Ahmed powered G-9 to a four-wicket victory against F-7 in the final of the Margalla Festival Inter-Sector Cricket tournament at the Shalimar Ground on Tuesday. Ameer stroked 59 and Fayyaz collected an unbeaten 55 as G-9 overhauled F-7 score of 246-9 in the 41st over. Fayyaz took three wickets as did Sajjad Ali .

For F-7, Aqdas Naseem made 43 while Rizwan scored 39 .

Summarised scores:

F-7 246-9 in 45 overs (Aqdas Naseem 43, Rizwan Bhatti 39, Amir Sheikh 33; Fayyaz Ahmed 3-37, Sajjad Ali 3-49); G-9 248-6 in 41 overs (Ameer Khan 59, Fayyaz Ahmed 55 no; Waliullah 2-23, Kamran Siddiqui 2-35).

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