KARACHI, Sept 17: AKU ‘A’ won twice in two days to move ahead in the 3rd AKU Twenty20 Ramazan colour-kit cricket tournament at the AKU Ground.After defeating NJ by 60 runs on Saturday, AKU ‘A’ scored a five-wicket win over Woodward on Sunday thanks to an all-round show by Shiraz Ishaq (2-14 and 41 not out).

Summarised scores:

AKU ‘A’ beat Woodward by five wickets.

WOODWARD 135 in 19.5 overs (Wasim Razzaq 26, Wasif Feroz 24; Moin Mehdi 2-11, Shiraz Ishaq 2-14, Rahim Suleman 2-20); AKU ‘A’ 139-5 in 18.3 overs (Shiraz Ishaq 41 not out, Adnan Jaffri 25, M. Ali 20).

AKU ‘A’ beat NJC by 60 runs.

AKU ‘A’ 190-4 in 20 overs (Mir Afzal Baig 94 not out, Iqbal Siddiqui 51 not out; Rahim Khan 3-16); NJC 130-9 in 20 overs (Kashif Sohaib 33, Safi Khan 26; Zulfiqar 2-9, Amman Aziz 2-23, Amin Noorani 2-42).

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