KARACHI, Dec 30: National Sports Cricket Club defeated Delhi Boys Sports Club by 47 runs in the NBP-KCCA Inter-Club Cricket Tournament at the Tariq Gymkhana Ground here on Friday.

In another match, ZA Sports Cricket Club beat Nazimabad Gymkhana Cricket Club by 44 runs at Bahi Park Cricket Ground.

In another game of the KCCA-NBP event, Pak Star Cricket Club overwhelmed Royal Cricket Club by one wicket after a breathtaking match at the Pak Star Cricket Ground.

Meanwhile, a superb unbeaten 66 by Shahzad Ahmed failed to prevent Northern Gymkhana Cricket Club from winning against New United Gymkhana Cricket Club in an important match of the NBP-KCCA tournament at the Al-Mansoora Cricket Ground.

Batting first, Northern Gymkhana CC scored 152 before losing all their wickets in 33 overs with Shahzad Ahmed (66) and Arshadullah (23) being the main scorers.

In reply, New United Gymkhana CC reached the required target for the loss of three wickets in 21.5 overs. Junaid Qadri (40) and S M Rahim (35) were among the top scorers from the losing side whereas Abdullah bagged 2-43.

Summarised scores:

National Sports CC: 167-7 in 40 overs (Tahir Khan 64, Aurangzeb 31, Qamar Ahmed 25; Farhan Yousuf 2- 23, Noman Shah 2-23) v Delhi Boys CC: 120 in 18.2 overs (Junaid Jamshed 26, Faisal Kashmiri 22; Hafiz Aijas 2-37, Talha Ahmed 2-22).

ZA Sports CC: 199 in 35.4 overs (M. Murtaza 59, Nadeem Akhtar 51, Sufian Ahmed 38; Dilawar 2-30, Imran Ahmed 2-35) v Nazimabad Gymkhana: 155 in 33 overs (Jibran Ahmed 41, Imran Ahmed 25; Murtaza 2-20, M. Asif 2-41 and Noman Ahmed 2-27).

Royal CC: 123 in 24.1 overs (Gohar Ali 44, Zakir Shah 25; M. Naqvi 3-11, Tahir Khan 2-14 and Zeeshan Aziz 2-36) v Pak Star CC: 124-9 in 35 overs (Imtiaz Iqbal 26, Zeeshan Aziz 24; Rashid Mahmood 3-13, Tahir Ali 3-29).

Northern Gymkhana CC: 152 in 33 overs (Shahzad Ahmed 66, Arshadullah 23) v New United Gymkhana CC: 153-3 in 21.5 overs (Junaid Qadri 40, S M Rahim 35; Abdullah 2-43). --PPI