Shahbaz, Bilal hit centuries

Published April 20, 2005

KARACHI, April 19: Shahbaz Butt and Mohammad Bilal smashed centuries in the latest round of matches in the KCCA Centenary inter-club cricket tournament on Monday. Shahbaz blasted 118 with 11 fours and two sixes as United CC thrashed Paposhnagar CC by 195 runs at the Pakistan Navy ground.

At Airport Stadium, Bilal’s struck 117 to help Pak Star CC defeat Airport Star CC by 66 runs. His knock was laced with 12 fours and three sixes.

In other matches, Karachi Gymkhana defeated Steel Town Gymkhana by seven wickets at the KG Ground while Mansoora Sports beat Sakhi Hasan Gymkhana by seven wickets at their own ground.

Summarized scores:

Karachi Gymkhana beat Steel Town Gymkhana by seven wickets.

STEEL TOWN GYMKHANA 161 in 27.5 overs (Majid Shaikh 34, Akhtar Ali 30; Akhtar Munir 3-38, Farhan 3-26); KARACHI GYMKHANA 162-3 in 24.4 overs (Khurram Manno 58, Azhar Khan 35).

Mansoora Sports beat Sakhi Hasan Gymkhana by six wickets.

SAKHI HASAN GYMKHANA 228-8 in 30 overs (Nadeem Rao 90, M. Majid 46, Farrukh Zahid 27; M. Arif 2-50, Faisal Aziz 2-55); MANSOORA SPORTS 230-4 in 35 overs (Faheem Ahmed 54, Jahanzeb Khaliq 47, M. Ali 33 not out; Nadeem Rao 4-33).

United CC beat Paposhnagar CC by 195 runs.

UNITED CC 273 in 35 overs (Shahbaz Butt 118, Tanvir Hussain 30, A.M. Niazi 26; Wasim Khalid 4-53, Nadeem Mushtaq 2-62); PAPOSHNAGAR CC 78 in 19.2 overs (Munir Ahmed 4-11, Tanvir Hussain 2-14, Imran Ali 2-18).

Pak Star CC beat Airport Star CC by 66 runs.

PAK STAR CC 267 (Mohammad Bilal 117, Imtiaz Iqbal 34, Arshad Azam 28; Munir Alam 3-41, Shaki Ahmed 2-27) AIRPORT STAR CC 191 in 33.1 overs (Shaki Ahmed 73, Atiqur Rehman 57; M. Javed 3-29, Mohammad Bilal 2-7).—APP

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