Gallant century by Qadeer

Published December 7, 2001

KARACHI, Dec 6: Tooba Sports beat Modern Gymkhana by nine wickets and Saudabad Eaglets beat Spartic CC by just one run in two more matches decided in the Mufeed-e-Aam Colour Kit Ramazan League played at the Mufeed-e-Aam ground. In the first match Modern Sports batting first were dismissed for 127 runs in 17.4 overs, with Kamran 41 and Kashan 21, batting well. The wickets were shared by Hayyat (2-20) and Noshad (2-20) apiece. Mustafa chipped in with (2-24). Tooba Sports in reply raced to 130 for one in 10.3 overs with Shahid Baig unbeaten with 80 and Farzand Khan (20).

In the other match, Saudabad Eaglets electing to bat first scored 191 for three in their 20 overs, with Afzal Khan (67), Adeel Zaffar (44) and Azam Khan (34), in fine form. Zahid Ali bagged 2/27.

In reply, Spartic CC reached 190 for six wickets, failing to win the match by just one run, although Qadeer Ahmed remained unbeaten with 100 runs having nine fours and four sixes his principal strokes. Shabih also batted well for his 29 runs as Azeem Zafar claimed three for 23.

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