Reza stars as KGS win

Published October 14, 2008

KARACHI, Oct 13: Karachi Grammar School were made to struggle before they achieved a five-wicket victory over St Paul’s School in the first KGA Ian Fyfe memorial inter-school Twenty20 cricket tournament at the KGA Ground here on Monday.

Off-spinner Reza Rasool was Karachi Grammar’s star performer with figures of four for 13 as St Paul’s were bowled out for 87 at the start of the penultimate over.

Karachi Grammar found themselves in trouble when openers Babar Sharif (1) and Mustafa Sardar (0) were dismissed with just four runs on the board.

But Mustafa Jamali guided his side home with an undefeated 21 off 35 balls.

Summarised scores:

ST PAUL’S SCHOOL 87 in 18.1 overs (Hamza Shakeel 17; Reza Rasool 4-13, Ali Masood 2-10); KARACHI GRAMMAR SCHOOL 88-5 in 17.5 overs (Mustafa Jamali 21 not out, Yousuf Sadiq 19; Hamza Shakeel 2-13).

Tuesday’s fixture: City School Darakshan v The Lyceum School.

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