Faisal cracks century

Published November 16, 2005

LAHORE, Nov 15: A belligerent century by Faisal Javed helped Model Town Greens beat Shining Club by 25 runs in the Lahore Gymkhana Cup cricket tournament at Model Town ground on Tuesday. Fine knock by opener Imran (89) and Waseem (87) helped Government College beat Aligarh Club by three wickets at the losers’ ground on Tuesday.

Summarised scores:

MTG 330 for nine, 40 overs (Faisal Javed 134, Waqar Ahmed 38, Saeed Siddique 28, Mohammad Sohail 24; Shahzad Siddique 3-42).

SHINING 305 in 39.1 overs (Shahzad Siddique 82, Mohammad Saeed 50, Fahadul Haq 53; Aamir Hayat 2-60, Waqar 2-35; Akbar Ali 2-51).

ALIGARH 252 in 39.5 overs (Imran Ashraf 76, Rehan Rauf 36, Kashif Rana 52; Mustafa Minto 4-51).

GOVERNMENT COLLEGE 253 for seven, 39.4 overs (Imran 89, Waseem 87; Shakeel Malik 3-45).

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