Adil and Talat power Hawks to victory

Published November 27, 2001

ISLAMABAD, Nov 26: Adil Hanif and Bilal Asad set up a marvellous victory for Islamabad Hawks against DGPO whom they crushed by 94 runs in the Chairman CDA cricket championship.

Adil with 106 not out and Bilal who hit 70 propelled Hawks to an imposing total of 265 for four in a match reduced to 30 overs a side at the CRA Ground.

Raja Rizwan then captured an impressive five for 26 to help dismiss DGPO for 171, a total in which Talat Hussain contributed 64 runs.

Summarised scores:

PBC bt Nurpur by seven wickets.

Nurpur 90 (Yasir Javed 23, Qaiser Javed 18; Naseer Ahmed 3-15, Sajid Masih 2-17, Amjad Riaz 2-11); PBC 91 for three (Wasim Ahmed 26, Naseer Ahmed 24; Ali Hassan, Wajid and Khurrum took one wkt each).

PTCL bt CRA by five wkts.

CRA 174 all out (Naeemuddin 48, Aftab Khattak 28, Zulfikar Ahmed 25; Shahid Zahid, Ashfaq Ahmed and Arshad Hussain took two wkts each); PTCL 176 for five (Saqib Ali 66, Muhammad Shahzad 22 and Imran Ahmad 19 no; Kashif Majeed 2-22)

Lucky Star bt King’s Gymkhana by nine wickets.

King’s Gymkhana 183 all out (Fazeel Ahmed 33, Mueenuddin 17 no; Muhammad Ashfaq 2-25); Lucky Star 184 for one (Muhammad Saeed 99 no, Nasir Ahmed 54).

Islamabad Hawks bt DGPO by 94 runs (match reduced to 30 overs).

Islamabad Hawks 265 for four (Adil Hanif 106 no, Bilal Asad 70, Amir Khan 29 no; Talat Hussain 2-32); DGPO 171 all out (Talat Hussain 64, Muhammad Altaf 28, Imtiaz Ali 22; Raja Rizwan 5-26).

Services bt National by five wkts.

National 188 all out (Abdul Qayum 67, Muhammad Arshad 48; Sheraz Manzoor 5-29, Mumtaz Hassan 2-18); Services 192 for five (Zulfiqar Ali 62, Tahir AKhtar 32, Mumtaz Hassan 27 no; Abdul Rehman 2-33).

Hassan Memorial bt SRO Youngster by six wickets.

SRO Youngster 82 (Murtaza Ali 43, Umair Akbar 12; Arif Rehman 4-3, Amjad and Usman Nabi two wkts each); Hassan Memorial 83 for four (Asad Manzur 28, Raja Ijaz 16; Muhammad Ehsan 3-16, Amir Murtaza 1-18).

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