Magical spell by Humza

Published August 19, 2005

ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: CRA Club’s left-arm spinner Humza Subhani snared five wickets to send Millat Club crashing to a two-wicket defeat in the Inter-club Super championship.

Playing on their home ground, CRA dismissed Millat for 205 runs in 41.2 overs with Humza weaving his magic conceding only 40 runs for his big haul.

Imtiaz Baloch led the scoring for Millat with a well-played 78 that had four sixes and five boundaries.

In reply, CRA lost eight wickets on their way to overhauling the Millat total.

They needed 41.1 overs to do that. Saqib Shahzad scored 42 to be the top run-getter for his side. Ihsan Mahmood and M Yusuf shared two wickets.

Summarised scores:

CRA bt Millat by two wickets Millat 205 in 41.2 overs (Imtiaz Baloch 78, Azhar Khan 38; Humza Subhani 5-40, Moaiz Abbas 2-37); CRA 208-8 in 41.1 overs (Saqib Shahzad 42, M. Faisal 27 not out, Zeeshan Irshad 26, Bilal Ahmed 21, Umar Ayub 19).

Lucky Star bt Young Capital by 22 runs Lucky Star 96 in 24.5 overs (Yasir Nazir 37; Khursheed Ahmed 3-4, Javed Akhtar 2-12); Young Capital 74 in 19.2 overs (M. Waheed 24, Mubashir Hussain 21; Furqan Majeed 4-10, Abrar Ahmed 3-26, Qutabuddin 2-16).

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