ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: Nadeem Siddiqui took four wickets for just eight runs and Matloob claimed three as Capital Development Authority (CDA) routed Majid Memorial by seven wickets in the Islamabad Cricket Association Independence Trophy.

Accurate spells by the two bowlers restricted Majid Memorial to 121 before CDA knocked off the required runs losing only three wickets, Shahbaz Ahmed leading the way with a fine 42.

Summarised scores:

CDA bt Majid Memorial by seven wkts at CRA Ground. Majid Memorial 121 (Ghazi Khan 33, Nadeem Siddiqui 4-8, Matloob 3-23); CDA 123 for three (Shahbaz Ahmed 42).

Rawal Town bt King Gymkhana by 183 runs at Punjab Ground. Rawal Town 260 (Ansar Mahmood 121, Habibur Rehman 3-52, Adnan Akmal, Shafiqul Islam, Muhammad Saeed two wkts each); King Gymkhana 77 (Habibur Rehman 33, Sudheer Ahmed 6-8).

XI Stars bt Lucky Stars by 176 runs at XI Stars Ground. XI Stars 283 for seven (Nawab Khan 102, Rizwan Bhatti 82, Muhammad Nazir 3-39, Aamir Imtiaz 2-54); Lucky Stars 107 (Aamir Imtiaz 31, Rizwan Bhatti 5-19, Zafar Mahmood two wkts).

Diamond bt Al-Muslim by 73 runs. Diamond 243 for nine (Hashim Khan 62, Noman Sadiq 51, Zeeshan Shah 2-39, Allah Buksh 2-58, Malik Mumtaz 2-18); Al-Muslim 170 (Zeeshan Shah 83, Riaz Afridi 3-35, Sajid Durrani 2-28).

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