Fine knocks by Zohaib, Waqas

Published July 19, 2002

ISLAMABAD, July 18: Zohaib Ahmed and Waqas Iqbal stroked fluent half centuries Thursday to lead Classic Club’s 10-wicket demolition of CRA (Community Centre) in the Islamabad Cricket Association Under-19 Championship.

Batting first, CRA managed to score 147, Mohammad Waqas contributing 60 runs. Mohammad Afzal took four for 18 to restrict the rivals to a low total.

Classic replied with 151 for no loss, Zohaib cracking 13 fours in his innings of 62 and Waqas sending 12 hits to the ropes for a personal total of 59.

Summarized scores: Classic bt CRA by 10 wickets CRA 147 (Muhammad Waqas 60, Muhammad Afzal 4-18, Amjad Ali Afridi 2-34, Furrukh Khan 2-47)

Classic 151 for no loss (Zohaib Ahmed 62, Waqas Iqbal 59)

Rawal Town bt Model Town Gymkhana by 87 runs

Rawal Town 244 for eight (Khurrum Kiani 55, Fahim Sabir 51, Ansar Mehmood 47, Adeel Kiani 2-54)

Model Town Gymkhana 157 (M. Zeeshan 42, Rifaqat 2-25, Fiaz 2-16)

Galaxy bt Hasan Memorial by three wickets

Hasan Memorial 140 for nine (Muhammad Tayyab 58, Akbar Abbas 4-20)

Galaxy 141 for seven (Shahryar Butt 40, Sarfraz Bhatti 2-30)

Punjab bt Azam by seven wickets

Azam 210 (Farzad 79, M. Adnan 3-33, Awais Akram 2-27, Fahimul Haq 2-32)

Punjab 211 for seven (Fahd Ahmed 58 no, Musa Khan 50, Sharjeel Bashir 50 no, Muhammad Umar 2-42).

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