Azhar shines in ICA league

Published June 22, 2006

ISLAMABAD, June 21: Asif Memorial and CRA checked into the semifinals of the NBP-ICA Inter-City Cricket Tournament on Tuesday scoring convincing wins over their respective rivals.

In the first quarterfinal, Asif Memorial defeated XI Star by six wickets while CRA knocked out Classic by five wickets.

Azhar Ayub's unbeaten half century helped his side overhaul XI Star's total of 133 without any difficulty.

Raheel Majeed had restricted the Stars with a haul of four for 20.

Both CRA and Asif Memorial join Diamond and Punjab in the semifinals.

In the Rawalpindi leg of the tournament, West Indies Club moved into the semifinals with a 162-run hammering of Bajwa Club.

Summarised scores:

Asif Memorial beat XI Star by six wickets.

XI STAR 133 in 33.5 overs (Danish Hanif 34, Fayyaz Ahmed 28; Raheel Majeed 4-20, Mustafa Bashir 2-33); ASIF MEMORIAL 136-4 in 22 overs (Azhar Ayub 55 not out, Raheel Majeed 35, Asim Aqeel Rana 2-36).

West Indies Club beat Bajwa Club by 162 runs.

WEST INDIES CLUB (Nauman Aman 94, Samiullah 48, Zahid Mahmood 43, Hasan Mujtaba 2-51, Mohammad Amir 2-57); BAJWA CLUB 131 in 29.4 overs (Nasir Mahmood 39, Bilal Khursheed 20; Haseeb Amjad 3-19, Amjad Mahmood 2-17).

CRA beat Classic CC by five wickets. CLASSIC CC 186 in 43.5 overs (Kamran Hussain 46, Jamshed Akbar 41, Nauman Masood 21; Hamza Subhani 4-16, Khalid Mahmood 2-34, Zeeshan Ahmed 2-55); CRA 190-5 in 47.1 overs (Kashif Majeed 60 not out, Abdul Basit 31 not out, Aftab Khattak 29; Hammad Ahmed 2-37, Moeid Ahmed 1-19).

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