KARACHI, Oct 11: Mohammad Yaqoob produced a grand all-round performance in helping Punjab CC to a narrow 11-run victory over Asghar Ali Shah CC in the Mehdi Hasan Memorial KCCA Inter-club cricket tournament fixture at the Asghar Ali Shah Stadium here on Wednesday.

Yaqoob first compiled a fine 100 off 130 balls with the aid of 10 boundaries and a brace of sixes as Punjab CC made 220 in 38 overs. He then claimed three wickets for 33 runs with his slow left-armers to restrict he home side to 209 in 39.1 overs.

Alam Khurshid Shah, another left-arm spinner, starred with excellent figures of five for 13 but his heroics proved futile since his team Metropolitan CC suffered a four-wicket defeat against Rangers CC at the TMC Ground.

Mohammad Shahbaz scored 71 with eight boundaries and leg-spinner Ali Arshad bagged four wickets for 20 runs as Nazimabad Youngsters comfortably prevailed over Union Sports by 74 runs at the Pak Star Ground.

Summarised scores: Punjab CC beat Asghar Ali Shah CC by 11 runs at Asghar Ali Shah Stadium.

PUNJAB CC 220 in 38 overs (Mohammad Yaqoob 100, Asad-ur-Rehman 31, Waheed Ahmed 21; Wasim Khan 3-52, Hazrat Amin 3-53); ASGHAR ALI SHAH CC 209 in 39.1 overs (Malik Rasheed 61, Jamshed Yousuf 25, Riaz Ahmed 20; Mohammad Yaqoob 3-33, Waheed Ahmed 2-23).

Rangers CC beat Metropolitan CC by four wickets at TMC Ground.

METROPOLITAN CC 124 in 36.1 overs (Hasan Abdullah 30, Alam Khurshid Shah 28; Rehain Ali 2-12, Mohammad Sadiq 2-21); RANGERS CC 129-6 in 34.1 overs (Asif Akhtar 40, S.M. Babar 21; Alam Khurshid Shah 5-13).

Nazimabad Youngsters beat Union Sports by 74 runs at Pak Star Ground.

NAZIMABAD YOUNGSTERS 227 in 36 overs (Mohammad Shahbaz 71, Ijaz Shah 34, Saqib Khan 26; Tajammul Hussain 3-3, Nadeem Ghauri 2-29); UNION SPORTS 153 in 33.4 overs (Tajammul Hussain 44, Tauqir Ali 21; Ali Arshad 4-20, Yar Mohammad 3-17, Nadeem Pal 3-27).