A O Blues beat Qasmi CC

Published June 1, 2007

KARACHI, May 31: A O Blues beat Qasmi Cricket Club by 10 runs in the fifth Pak-China Gold Cup cricket tournament at the Asghar Ali Shah Stadium the other day. Batting first, AO Blues posted 200-9 off the allotted 40 overs with Arif Ali (55) and Faraz Malik (52) being the main scorers. In reply, Qasmi CC were bowled out for 190 in 37.5 overs. Rehan Azam and Aurangzeb made 52 and 56 respectively.

Summarised scores:

AO BLUES 200-9 in 40 overs (Arif Ali 55, Faraz Malik 52 and Fahad Mirza 26, Mohammad Afzal 3-37); QASMI CC 190 in 37.5 overs (Rehan Azam 52, Aurangzeb 56, Mohammad Asif 25; Iftikhar 2-29, Aijaz Ahmed 2-37; Faraz Malik 2-53). –PPI

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