KARACHI, June 13: Rising Star Cricket Club and Landhi Gymkhana won their respective matches in the fifth Pak-China Gold Cup cricket tournament on Tuesday.Irfan Ahmed and Naved Zameer grabbed four wickets apiece as Rising Star CC beat New Paramount Cricket Club by 28 runs at the Airport Stadium.

In the other match at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground, Landhi Gymkhana registered a five-wicket win over Alamgir Cricket Club.

Summarised scores:

RISING STAR CC 212-7 in 40 overs (Tanvir-ul-Haq 65, Naved Malik 62, Nadeem Khan 45; Tayyab Khan 3-36, Meezan Rahi 3-42); NEW PARAMOUNT CC 184 in 34.4 overs (Alam 56, Jahandad Khan 50, Riaz Shahid 35; Irfan Ahmed 4-41, Naved Zameer 4-28).

ALAMGIR CC 146 in 39.4 overs (Zakir Afridi 51, Taha Shabbir 35, Kamran 25; Abdul Salam 3-21 and Nasrullah 3-14); LANDHI GYMKHANA 148-5 in 25.5 overs (Abdul Salam 54, Wajahatullah 46 not out, Shahbaz 25; Shahzaib 4-24). —APP

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