KARACHI: Mohammad Khalid starred with brilliant knock of 91 while spinners Bilal Gul and Azeem Ahmed shared nine wickets between them as Munawwar Sports defeated Mavericks CC by 44 runs in their KCCA Zone-I Challenge Cup T20 cricket tournament tie at the SBP Spots Complex here on Thursday.

Khalid struck eight fours and hoisted five sixes during his 57-ball innings to help Munawwar Sports post 176-7. Bilal then snared 5-11 and Azeem 4-33 as Mavericks CC were bowled out for 132 in 17 overs.

Mohammad Hussain CC, meanwhile, booked their quarter-final berth with a 21-run defeat of Pakistan Lovers CC at the same venue.

Summarised scores:

Munawwar Sports beat Mavericks CC by 44 runs.

MUNAWWAR SPORTS 176-7 in 20 overs (Mohammad Khalid 91, Mohammad Yasin 38, Ikram Khan 4-8, Haroon Marwat 2-14); MAVERICKS CC 132 in 17 overs ( Mudassar 34, Adnan Niazi 28, Sami-ur-Rehman 24, Azhar Tariq 23; Bilal Gul 5-11, Mohammad Azeem 4-33).

Mohammad Hussain CC beat Pakistan Lovers CC by 21 runs.

MOHAMMAD HUSSAIN CC 154-9 in 20 overs (Faizan Hussain 38, Farhan Ali 21, Abdul Raheem 21, Irfanullah 18; Mansoor Taimur 2-16); PAKISTAN LOVERS CC 133-7 in 20 overs (Mohammad Iqbal 55 Hamza Ali 28 not out, Saad Shakeel 22; Amir Zaib 3-22, Syed Monis Ahmed 3-25).

Published in Dawn, October 20th, 2018