Zahid, Shams in sparkling form

Published April 12, 2005

KARACHI, April 11: Habib Oil and Parco scored impressive victories in the 2nd Abdul Quddoos Sheikh Memorial Multinational cricket tournament matches played on Sunday.

A punishing 83 by opener Zahid Hussain enabled Parco beat Dan Enterprises by 36 runs while a devastating spell by Shamsh Ullah who grabbed five wickets for 14 runs laid the foundation of Habib Oil’s 78 runs success over Telecard.

Summarized scores:

Habib Oil bt Telecard by 78 runs

Habib Oil 173 for seven wickets (Shams Ullah 27 not out)

Telecard 96 (Ashraf 24; Shams Ullah 5-14)

Parco bt Dan Enterprises by 36 runs

Parco 165 for three wickets (Zahid Hussain 83, Khalil Bugti 49)

Dan Enterprises 129 (Rafe Ahmed 4-15).

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