Shahmir, Waqas shine

Published June 13, 2008

KARACHI, June 12: Shahmir Khattak and Mohammad Waqas shared seven wickets between as Al-Noor Gymkhana outclassed Federal Sports by seven wickets to qualify for the last-16 round of KCCA Inter-club Cricket Championship on Wednesday.

Shahmir captured four wickets while Waqas claimed three to bowl out Federal Sports for 176 in 33.1 overs. Al-Noor Gymkhana reached the target in 27.1 overs.

In another match at the KGA Ground, Tapal Cricket Club beat Union Sports by 89 runs.

Summarised scores:

FEDERAL SPORTS 176 in 33.1 overs (Humairuddin 29, Abdul Hafeez 27, Azam Khan 24, Mohammad Shakil 22; Shahmir Khattak 4-27, Mohammad Waqas 3-30); AL-NOOR GYMKHANA 177-3 in 27.1 overs (Nauman Ikram 51, Mohammad Waqas 43, Naveed Khan 34, Mohammad Imran 33).

TAPAL CC 213-7 in 40 overs (Iqbal Sheikh 65, Abbas Jafri 36, Adeel Malik 26, Tauseef Khan 26, Mohammad Umar 2-37, Kashif Khan 2-39); UNION SPORTS 124 in 28.5 overs (Asim Qureshi 39, Afzal Ali 26; Kamran Umar 3-21, Hanif-ur-Rehman 2-14).—APP

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