KARACHI: Azam Khan scored a wonderful century to inspire Northern Gymkhana to an emphatic seven-wicket victory over Ravi Gymkhana in the KCCA Zone-VI ‘A’ Division League Cricket Tournament here on Monday.

Azam struck 15 boundaries and four sixes on his way to scoring 120 as Northern Gymkhana made light work of their chase for 215 by making 218 in the 33rd over at the RLCA Ground in North Kar­achi; Tabraiz Shah scored 43.

Earlier, Ravi Gymkhana collected 214-9 in the allotted 40 overs with Shaharyar Khan contributing 67. All-rounder Waqas Haroon grabbed five for 72 with his leg-spinners.

Taimuria Sports, meanwhile, beat North Shire CC by five wickets in a low-scoring fixture at the KCCA Stadium.

Summarised scores:

Northern Gymkhana beat Ravi Gymkhana by seven wickets at RLCA Ground (North Karachi).

RAVI GYMKHANA 214-9 in 40 overs (Shaharyar Khan 67, Muzammil Ali 42, Shahzaib Azmat 30; Waqas Haroon ( RLS) 5-72, Zafar Ali 3-27); NORTHERN GYMKHANA 218-3 in 32.2 overs (Azam Khan 120, Tabraiz Shah 43; Hussain Masood 2-50).

Taimuria Sports beat North Shire CC by five wickets at KCCA Stadium.

North Shire CC 137 in 34.5 overs (Haroon Rasheed 22, Ebadullah 21, Shoaib Ali 20; Ashiq Ali 4-24, and Muhammad Ayub 3-38); Taimuria Sports 140-5 in 19.3 overs (Ali Meher 58, Mohammad Arsalan 40; Hussain Masood 2-50).

Published in Dawn, August 27th, 2014