All-round show by Billa

Published December 31, 2002

KARACHI, Dec 30: Karachi Whites and Karachi Blues registered victories in Southern Inter-city Veterans cricket tournament on Sunday.

At Asghar Ali Shah Stadium Karachi Whites defeated Karachi Reds by 73 runs.

In the other match Karachi Blues beat Sukkur by five wickets thanks to superb all-round performance by Col Billa.

Summarized scores:

Karachi Whites bt Karachi Reds by 73 runs.

Karachi Whites 192 for four in 25 overs (Ashraf Pakhali 91, Raees Ahmed 68; Ali Akber 3-16);

Karachi Reds 119 for eight in 25 overs (Khaliqullah 27, Aamir 17; Raees Ahmed 3-17, Yahya Toor 2-16).

Karachi Blues bt Sukkur by five wickets. Sukkur 127 all out in 23.2 overs (Javed Dada 40, G.M.Ahmed 29, Mian Muhammad Shareef 18; Billa 3-31, Fahim Qazi 2-17, Khalid Mehmood 2-31);

Karachi Blues 128 for five in 21.1 overs (Billa 46 not out, Pervez Hasan 24, Saleem Raza 20; G.M.Ahmed 3-23).—APP

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