Khalil bags six victims

Published May 18, 2005

KARACHI, May 17: Khalilur Rahman, a 16-year-old wicket-keeper, stole the show with a haul of six victims as his club Malir Companion defeated Malir Friends by 65 runs in the All-Karachi cricket tournament at MC Ground here the other day. Khalil, who is being trained by ex-Test captain and wicket-keeper Rashid Latif, held four catches and made two stumpings Malir Friends were bowled out for 129 while chasing a target of 196.

Besides Khalil, paceman Mohammad Waheed also excelled with five for 21 in his seven-over spell.

Summarised scores:

MALIR COMPANION 195-8 in 35 overs (Nasir Aziz 46, Ali Jawwad 40, Khalilur Rahman 20, Mohammad Waqas 20, Arsalan 20; Arif Khan 3-48); MALIR FRIENDS 129 in 29.2 overs (Farhan 31; Mohammad Waheed 5-21, Shahzaib Khan 3-37, Masood Ali 2-18).

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