Punjab beat champions

Published June 2, 2003

ISLAMABAD, June 1: Punjab scored an important three-wicket win over defending champions Asif Memorial on Sunday in the Super-12 stage of the ICA-PTV Cricket Championship.

In what turned out to be a low scoring match, Asif Memorial could manage only 152 in 28.4 overs, Raheel Majeed topscoring with 73. Zeeshan Rasool unsettled the rival batsmen with a haul of five for 15.

Despite the low total, Punjab lost seven wickets in getting to the target as Ch. Nasir troubled them with four for 29.

Summarised scores:

Punjab bt Asif Memorial by three wkts.

Asif Memorial 152 in 28.4 overs (Raheel Majeed 73; Zeeshan Rasool 5-15, Ulfat Hussain 2-33, Adnan Suleman 2-81).

Punjab 154-7 in 33.4 overs (Abdul Rauf Mirza 29 not out; Ch. Nisar 4-29, Raheel Majeed 2-30).

NHA bt Diamond by 106 runs.

NHA 320-8 in 50 overs (Shoaib Nasir 120 not out, Waqas Zafar 83, Ziaul Haq 67; Ameer Khan 4-60,Irfan Manzoor 2-72).

Diamond 214 in 41.5 overs (Ameer Khan 48, Najamul Hassan 45; Usman Saeed 2-9, Yasim Murtaza 2-39, M. Maqsood 2-50).

CRA bt Classic by 110 runs.

CRA 372-7 in 50 overs (Aqeel Mukhtar 158 not out, Asher Zaidi 143; Kamran Nasir 3-63, M. Afzal 2-62); Classic 262 in 49.3 overs (Zohaib AHmed 120 not out; Asher Zaidi 3-26, Anwarul Haq 2-38, M. Hassan 2-39).