Shahbaz shines

Published December 5, 2005

LAHORE, Nov 4: An unbeaten 129 by Shahbaz Butt helped Model Town Greens (MTG) win the first Lahore Gymkhana Cup beating Ludhiana Gymkhana by three wickets in final at Bagh-i-Jinnah ground on Sunday.

Summarised scores:

LUDHIANA GYMKHANA 279-9 in 40 overs (Adnan Raza 104 not out, Kashif Saddique 69, Munir Shah 25; Saad Janjua 3-58, Wahab Riaz 2-51);

MTG 281-7 in 39.1 overs (Shahbaz Butt 129 not out, Salman Qadir 53, Saad Janjua 35; Javed Butt 4-24, Khurram Siddique 2-43).

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