LAHORE: A fine century by Asmatullah helped City Gymkhana to beat Mehboob Park Gymkhana by 51 runs at the Township ground here on Thursday, entering the semi-final of the M. Siddiq Memorial Cricket Tournament.

Asmatullah hit a knock of 114 runs with the help of 10 boundaries and two sixes as City Gymkhana piled up 302 for seven in 40 overs. In reply, the losing side could muster a total of 251 for nine in 40 overs. Mehmood Abdullah did the main damage with bowling figures of four for 37.

Summarised scores:

City Gymkhana: 302-7 in 40 overs (Asmatullah 114, Sajid 60, Jahangir Mirza 40; Haris Naseer 2/44, Usman Abid 2/46). Mehboob Park Gymkhana: 251/9 in 40 overs (Moin Tahir 48, Rashid 28, Ali Zaryab Asif 25, Irfan Abid 25 not out, Ghaffar 24, Haris Naseer 24; Mehmood Abdullah 4/37, Saad 2/41).

Published in Dawn, October 19th, 2018