KARACHI, Aug 11: Despite a superb spell of five wickets by Muhammad Humair Iqra University suffered 120 runs defeat at the hands of Muhammad Ali Jinnah University (MAJU) in PCB Inter-university tournament on Thursday at TMC Ground.

Humair claimed five wickets for 28 but MAJU still managed to post a commanding total of 277 runs batting first. Farhan Saeed (66) and Azfar Irfan (57) were the major contributors. Raheel Abbas (33) and Farrukh Musheer (29) also chipped in with useful scores.

Iqra Univesity in reply were bowled out for 157 with only Waqar Sheikh (56) showing defiance.

In another match at Regional Cricket Ground, Abdul Hadi by Grabbing four wickets helped Greenwich University to a three wickets win over Federal Urdu University (FUU).

At KCCA Stadium, Institute of Business Management (IBM) suffered a five wicket defeat against Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET). Adnan Ali’s glittering inning of 61 runs for the winners was the highlight of the match.

Summarised scores:

MAJU beat Iqra University by 120 runs

MUJA 277 in 50 overs (Farhan Saeed 66, Azfar Irfan 57, Furrukh Musheer 29, Raheel Abbas 33; Mohammad Humair 5-28, Faraz Ahmed 3-45, Adeel Abbasi 2-69)

Iqra University 157 in 37 overs (Waqar Sheikh 56; Ata Ur Rehman 3-25, Azfar Irfan 3-29, Ali Naqi 2-31)

Greenwich University beat FUU by three wickets

FUU 237 in 46 overs (Zafar Syed 49, Junaid Ahmed 40, Naveed Ahmed 39, Ahmad Ahmed 23, Zahid Ahmed 27; Abdul Hadi 4-50, Faraz 3-24)

Greenwich University 238-7 in 41.4 overs (Moazam Ali 47, Saad Khan 47,Agha Hassan 37; Anwar Hayat 2-49, Junaid Ahmed 2-31)

SSUET bt IBM by five wickets

IBM 220 in 50 overs (Haider Siddiqui 56, Faraz Saeed 45, Hammad Khan 39; Qazi Nasar Abbas 3-41, Saqib 2-29, Danish Malik 2-19)

SSUET 221-5 in 43.2 overs (Adnan Ali 61, Bilal Malik 40, Danish Malik 28, Moeed Farooqi 25; Mir Mazhar Ali 3-69).