KARACHI, April 27: Ghotki, Sanghar and Umerkot won their matches in the All Sindh Inter-district Twenty20 Cricket Tournament on Wednesday.

At Pir Jo Goth Ground in Khairpur, Ghotki Galaxy outplayed Khairpur Dates by 100 runs.

Shoaib Jaffer smashed 77 studded with seven sixes and five boundaries and Riaz Ahmed blasted 73 laced with nine fours and three sixes as Ghotki raised 215-8 in their stipulated 20 overs while batting first. Khairpur Dates, in reply, were dismissed for 115 in 14.2 overs.

At Marvi Cricket Ground Umerkot, the host team defeated Tharparker Desert by seven wickets as Mohammad Faheem (3-14), Ashok Kumar (48) and Abbas Shah (43) excelled for the winning team. A fighting 53-run knock from Tharparker’s Dilip Kumar went in vain.

In another match, Sanghar defeated Tando Allahyar by 20 runs in Tando Allahyar, thanks to a brilliant all-round show by Javed Awan, who scored 57 and took three wickets for 34 runs. Summarised scores: GHOTKI 215-8 in 20 overs (Shoaib Jaffer 77, Riaz Ahmed 73; Mansoor Shah 3-37, Sharafat Ali 2-24); KHAIRPUR 115 in 14.2 overs (Hameedullah 33, Sharafat Ali 24; Sarfraz Ahmed 3-14, Sikander Ali 2-10, Amjad Hussain 2-15).

THARPARKER 125 in 20 overs (Dilip Kumar 53, Fazal Elahi 32; Mohammad Faheem 3-14, Asghar Ali 2-27); UMERKOT 126-3 (Abbas Shah 43, Ashok Kumar 48).

SANGHAR 188-8 in 20 overs (Javed Awan 57, Jahanzaib Junejo 47; Aamir Ali 3-33, Ghulam Rasool 3-40); TANDO ALLAHYAR 168-9 in 20 overs (Ghulam Rasool 53, Shaukat Ali 37, Naeem Ahmed 27; Javed Awan 3-34, Athar Bhatti 2-12).—APP