National senior hockey starts

RAWALPINDI: A total of five matches were decided on the first day of the National Senior Hockey Championship here at the Mari Petroleum Hockey Stadium, Ayub Park on Thursday.

Pakistan Navy beat the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) 6-2 in the first match. Ali Sher and Noman Janjua scored two goals each for Navy.

Mohammad Safir scored twice as Pakistan Army outclassed Police 9-1 while Samiullah’s brace saw Wapda outplay Punjab 8-2.

In the day’s fourth match NBP beat PAF 4-2 with Junaid Manzoor striking two goals for the winning side.

Also, Mari Petroleum edged out SSGC 4-3.—APP

Ram shines as Rohi CC win

KARACHI: Promising Ram Ravi bludgeoned a blistering half-century to help Rohi CC whip Mahad Sports by six wickets in their Master CT 20 Color Kit Cricket League fixture at the RLCA Ground here on Wednesday.

In the other match, KL Tigers defeated Colony Gymkhana by seven wickets.

Summarised scores:

KL Tigers beat Colony Gymkhana by seven wickets.

COLONY GYMKHANA 136-9 in 20 overs (Meher Ali 29, Mohammad Maaz 22, Hafiz Saqib Badar-ul-Hasan 20; Wasim Ahmed 2-14, Adnan Aslam 2-19, Khalid Shah 2-27); KL Tigers 137-3 in 15.2 overs (Abdullah Afzal 42 not out, Taha Mahmood 27, Umar Lohya 26 not out)

Rohi CC beat Mahad Sports by six wickets.

MAHAD SPORTS 142 in 20 overs (Mohammad Usman 33, Zeeshan Afzal 26, Yasir Lovel 25; Ikram-ul-Haq 3-26, Daniyal Rajput 2-11, Mohammad Salman 2-20); ROHI CC 143-4 in 13.4 overs (Ram Ravi 80, Haris Khanzada 29, Daniyal Rajput 25).—Sports Reporter

Usman Club win basketball opener

KARACHI: Usman Club beat Arambagh Club 48-40 in the opening match of the Inverex Trophy basketball tournament here at the Arambagh-Abdul Nasir court on Wednesday night.

Hafiz Hamza Khwaja with 18 points was the architect of victory while Shariq Suleman (15) was the main scorer for the losing side.

CEO Inverex Zakir Ali inaugurated the event and said his organisation supports sports in a big way and will hold boys and girls basketball tournaments next year.—Agencies

Newage Cables qualify for final

LAHORE: Newage Cables outplayed Guard Group/Platinum Homes 8½-2 in their Total Nutrition Polo Cup semi-final here at Lahore Polo Club ground on Thursday.

Edward Banner Eve, Syed Aun Rizvi, Adnan Jalil Azam and Alman Jalil Azam contributed two goals each for the winners, who had a half-goal handicap.

From the losing side, Amirreza Behboudi struck both the goals.—Sports Reporter

Published in Dawn, November 6th, 2020