Fine knock by Shahid

Published April 25, 2003

LAHORE, April 24: EFU and Service Sales entered the final of the sixth Service Sales Corporation Cricket Tournament on Thursday.

EFU defeated Diamond Foam by 19 runs at the Cricket Centre Ground in first semifinal.

Service beat Mobilink Club by four runs at the Government College Ground, in second semifinal.

Final will be played at LCCA Ground on Sunday.

Summarised scores:

EFU: 177 all out in 29 overs (Nasir Jamshed 57, Shahid Sher 25, Irfan Haider 22, Fahadul Haq 20; Mohammad Shafiq 2-26, Rizwan Ahmed 2-29, Babar Safdar 2-31, Kamran 2-34).

Diamond: 158 all out in 25 overs (Nazir Ahmad 39, Rizwan Ahmad 26, Shafiq Ahmad 19; Khurram Siddique 3-29, Irfan Haider 3-37, Shahbaz Ali 3-20). Service beat Mobilink.

Service: 258 for all in 35 overs (Shahid Bashir 80, Mohammad Naeem 51, Mohammad Ali Naggi 25, Bukhatar Ahmad 22; Akbar Butt 3- 31, Nayyar Abbas 2-44, Khalid 3-50, Musharaf 2-58).

Mobilink: 248 all out (Khalid 55, Ali 33, Musharaf 30, Shoaib 29, Haider Abbas 25; Zulifqar Ali 3-47, Shafqat Butt 3-43, Bukhtar Ahmad 2-7).

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