Ali Asad’s lethal spell

Published January 26, 2003

KARACHI, Jan 25: A lethal spell by Ali Asad who scalped seven wickets for 13 runs powered Pak Al-Jadeed to an imposing 208 runs victory over GBSS P&T Colony in the Siemens Inter-school cricket tournament played on Friday.

In other matches St. Michael’s beat Happy Palace School by six wickets, Shams GBSS defeated GBSS KTS No.8 Korangi beat by 77 runs, Shams GBSS beat Anjuman-e-Islamia by 78 runs at National Bank Ground and GBSS KTS No. 8 Korangi defeated GBSS Nazimabad by eight wickets.

Summarized scores:

GBSS KTS No.8 Korangi bt by eight wickets

GBSS Nazimabad 120 in 30.4 overs (M. Tahir 39, M. Hanif 21, Faisal Amin 21; Abdul Rasheed 3-40, M. Nasir 3-11);

GBSS KTS NO.8 Korangi 123-2 in 27 overs. M. Asif 43, Adnan Mohammad 37, M. Nizam 28).

Shams GBSS bt Anjuman-e-Islamia by 77 runs.

Shams GBSS 270-9 in 40 overs (Waqas Haroon 77, Doulat Khan 75, Habib ur Rehman 29; M. Farhan 3-71, M. Arif 2-68);

Anjuman-e-Islamia 193 in 29.4 overs (Farhan 44, M. Arif 37, Adnan 32; Waqas Haroon 3-46, Ovais Ahmed 2-6).

St. Michael’s bt Happy Palace School by six wickets.

Happy Palace 88 in 23.3 overs (Faisal 14, Irfan Ilyas 12; Zohaib Ahmed 2-14); St Michael’s 89 for four in 23 overs (Faraz Ghani 32, Ghayas Ather 19, Ammar Khalid 18).

Pak Al-Jadeed bt GBSS P&T Colony by 200 runs.

Pak Al-Jadeed 239 for eight in 40 overs (Talib Hayder 48, Waqas Khan 38, M. Hussain 32, Ali Asad 29, Jamil Ahmed 22; Fayyaz 4-27, Amjad 2-23);

GBSS P&T Colony 31 in 14 overs (Manan 5, Sher Azam 3; Ali Asad 7-13, Jamil Ahmed 3-13).—APP

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