KARACHI, Dec 12: Test discard Qaisar Abbas excelled as favorites Paragon Constructors crushed Capricorn Discount Card (CDC) by 111 runs to storm into the final of Paragon Cup ramazan cricket tournament at UBL Sports Complex Ground “A” Wednesday.
Paragon Constructors recovered from a shaky start to pile up 220 for five wickets in their quota of 25 overs after they had elected to bat first. CDC, in their turn, were bowled out for 109 in 22.4 overs. Rizwan Qureshi fought the lone battle to finish 49 not out with seven fours.
Left-arm Rizwan Qureshi caused the main damage by snapping up three wickets for 25 runs in five overs.
Summarized scores:
Paragon Constructors: 220-5 in 25 overs (Qaisar Abbas 80 not out, Imran Nazir 41, Shoaib Malik 35, Rana Naveed 23 not out, Rizwan Qureshi 3-25)
CDC: 109 in 22.4 overs (Rizwan Qureshi 49 not out, Irfan Ahmed 27, Waqas Ahmed 3-014, Haris Ayaz 2-18, Qaisar Abbas 2-24).
EASY VICTORY
Malir Gymkhana received a rude shock when they were trounced by Mohammad Hussain Cricket Club by 27 runs in the last league match of the 16th Karachi Gymkhana cricket festival at the Karachi Gymkhana Wednesday.
Mohammad Hussain Cricket Club colletced 164 for five from 20 overs and then restricted a second string Malir Gymkhana to 137 for five.
All the three frontline Mohammad Hussain Cricket Club batsmen made even contributions with Sharjeel Arshraf finishing as the top scorer with 52 that included four fours and two sixes off 39 balls. Opener Zeeshan Tanvir (39) and Azhar Gul (42) also batted well.
For Malir Gymkhana, Rashid Hanif picked up three wickets for 21 and later struck 65 off 55 balls with three fours.
SUPER CUP
Fancied A.O. Cricket Club advanced to the final of the A.O. Super Cup cricket tournament when they defeated Asghar Ali Shah CC (AASCC) by four wickets at the AAS Stadium Wednesday.
Summarized scores:
AASCC: 127-9 in 20 overs (Saeed bin Nasir 42, Hasan Raza 34, Tariq Rashid 21, Dr S.M.A.Shah 4-17, Arif Mahmood 2-17, Dr Junaid Ali Shah 2-28)
A.O.CC 128-6 in 18.3 overs (Mansoor Khan 38, Nadeem Shaikh 17, Imranullah 13, Asif Ahmed 2-38, Hasan Raza 2-24).
A.O.CC will face Paragons Constructors in the final on Dec 14.
Tariq Haroon and Mansoor Baig played pivotal roles in guiding Pakistan Cricket Club (PCC) in the semifinals of the A.O. floodlight cricket tournament when they overcame A.O.CC Blues by three wickets in a thrilling quarterfinal at Asghar Shah Stadium Tuesday evening.
Batting first, A.O.CC Blues made 139 for eight wickets in 20 overs. Ghulam Ali hit two sixes and a boundary in his 35-ball knock of 47. Irfanullah scored 39 in 36 balls with a solitary four.
Off-spinners Tabish Nawab, Mansoor Baig and pacer Iftikhar shared six wicket between them.
PCC, in reply, reached the winning target on the penultimate ball of 20th over, scoring 140-7. Mansoor Baig made an undefeated 33.
Rizwan Qureshi produced a splendid all-round show to put Bilal Friends in the final of 11th Zamir Khan memorial cricket tournament when the crush City Government by seven wickets in a one-sided semi-final at Al-Mansoora Ground Tuesday.
Rizwan first captured four wickets for 18 runs with his left-arm spinners to dismiss City Government for 133 on the last ball of the 20th over.
Later, he hammered four sixes and three boundaries in his 57 to set-up an easy win as Bilal Friends romped for the loss of just three wickets in 15th over.
Summarized scores:
City Govt: 133 in 20 overs (Khurram Manzoor 34, Fahim Ahmed 21, Najam Wahab 20, Jaffer Qureshi 4-18, Zeeshan Aziz 2-24, Ikram Mahmood 2-27)
Bilal Friends: 134 for three in 14.5 overs (Jaffer Qureshi 57, Kamran Hussain 35, Fahim Zaffari 20, M.Ali Zafar 2-30).
Pak Korangi and Karachi Eaglets reached the 3rd all Karachi Sundip Trophy after winning their respective quarterfinals Wednesday.
Pak Korangi defeated Orient Stars by 12 runs and Eaglets had the better of Malir Companion by eight wickets.
Summarized scores:
Pak Korangi beat Orient Stars by 12 runs
PAK KORANGI: 128 for nine in 20 overs (Zeeshan 31, Ijaz Ali 2-22, Imran Ilyas 2-23, Orangzeb 2-22)
ORIENT STARS: 116 for nine in 20 overs (Roni Robert 31, Adnan Jafri 22, Adnan Sharafat 2-20, Ovais Iqbal 2-16, Waqar 2-17)
Karachi Eaglets beat Malir Companion by eight wickets
MALIR COMPANION: 156 for five in 20 overs (Ghayasuddin 37, Rashid Sehr 31, Athar Ali 30, Nasir Aziz 25, Irshad-ul-Haq 2-22, M.Waheed 2-26)
KARACHI EAGLETS: 157 for two in 16.2 overs (Kashif Hanif 56, Irfan Ali 52, Asim Cheema 31, Tahir Rana 2-25).—APP