Nadeem and Atif shine

Published March 25, 2006

KARACHI, March 24: Nadeem Shaikh produced a brilliant all-round show and spinner Atif Maqbool grabbed four wickets in their team’s victories in KCCA Inter-departmental cricket tournament on Thursday.

Nadeem grabbed three wickets for 34 runs with his medium pacers and hammered 82 with 13 boundaries in Central Police’s five wicket win over United Bank at UBL Sports Complex.

At Landhi Gymkhana Ground, Sui Southern Gas Company defeated Defence Housing Authority by three wickets. Atif Maqbool captured four wickets for 26 runs for the winner.

Summarised scores:

CP bt UBL by five wickets.

UBL 204 all out in 40 overs (Noman Ali 52, Rizwan Fareed 38; Nadeem Shaikh 3-34, Waqar Kundi 2-44)

CP 205-5 in 31.1 overs (Nadeem Shaikh 82, Waqar Kundi 32; Noman Ali 3-35).

SSGC bt DHA by 3 wickets.

DHA 113 all out in 37.1 overs (Naseem Khan 28, Wajid Ali 18; Abdul Qadir 2-11, Mansoor Ahmed 2-16, Irfanullah 2-26)

SSGC 119-7 in 39.1 overs (Asif Zakir 46, Ashraf Ali 23; Atif Maqbool 4-26).—APP

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