Afzal excels

Published October 23, 2006

KARACHI, Oct 22: A fine all-round performance by Mir Afzal Baig guided AKU-A to a five-wicket win over NIB Bank in the second semi-final of the 2nd AKU Twety20 Ramazan cricket tournament at the AKU Ground.

Afzal bagged two for 24 and then hit an undefeated 87 off 58 balls, including three sixes and nine fours, as AKU-A victory with two overs to spare.

Summarised scores:

NIB BANK 138 in 19.5 overs (Shahid Hussain 63, Hasan Imam 27; Rahim Suleman 2-23, Mir Afzal Baig 2-24, Adnan Jaffri 2-30, Moiz Mehdi 2-36); AKU-A 139-5 in 18 overs (Mir Afzal Baig 87 not out; Asif Mughal 3-16, Rashid Azeem 2-30).

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