KARACHI: A sparkling century from Azhar Khan and a good all-round performance by Mohammad Aarish Khan inspired Mustafa Enterprises to a tense10-run win against Sara Solar Pvt Limited in their KCCA Inter-departmental Cricket League fixture at the RLCA Gulberg Ground here on Thursday.

Azhar hit 106 with the aid of the 12 boundaries and two sixes as Mustafa Enterprises collected 287 all out in 44.3 overs. Aarish made 31.

Sara Solar Pvt Limited, in reply, made a gallant attempt to reach a stiff 288-run target but were dismissed for 277 in the 45th over with Mohammad Faizan contributing a brilliant 64 that included four huge sixes and five fours.

Slow left-armer Aarish picked up five wickets for 55 runs.

Meanwhile, leg-spinner Hasan Shahab grabbed five for 27 as Shahab & Company annihilated Pakistan Lovers Organisation by 211 runs at the Annu Bhai Park.

Dubai Hawks record their third successive win in Group ‘C’ after defeating Pakistan Ways Cargo Transport Company by seven wickets at Nazir Hussain Gulberg Ground on Wednesday.

Summarised scores:

Played on Thursday:

Shahab & Company beat Pakistan Lovers Organisation by 211 runs at Annu Bhai Park.

SHAHAB & COMPANY 318-9 in 50 overs (Shaharyar Ali 67, Imran Shah 51, Mohammad Muzammil 37, Waleed Khan 31; Latif Ahmed 2-42, Mohammad Younis 2-48, Zaid Bin Haris 2-55); PAKISTAN LOVERS ORGANISATION 107 in 24.4 overs (Mohammad Younis 24; Hasan Shahab 5-27, Umar Farooq 2-17).

Mustafa Enterprises beat Sara Solar Pvt Limited by 10 at RLCA Gulberg Ground.

MUSTAFA ENTERPRISES 287 in 44.3 overs (Azhar Khan 106, Sohaib Shakeel 33, Mohammad Aashir Qureshi 31; Mamnoon Imtiaz 3-58, Farid Ahmed 2-46, Mohammad Yousuf 2-62); SARA SOLAR PVT LIMITED 277 in 44.2 overs (Mohammad Faizan 64, Usman Ali 46, Mohammad Yousuf 40; Mohammad Aashir Qureshi 5-55, Salman Khan 2-19, Syed Maaz Ali 2-20).

Played on Wednesday:

Dubai Hawks defeated Pakistan Ways Cargo Transport Company by seven wickets at Nazir Hussain Gulberg Ground.

PAKISTAN WAYS CARGO TRANSPORT COMPANY 145 in 37 overs (Asad Ali Zaidi 44, Shayan Areen 38, Mir Saeedullah 30; Rafay Malik 4-13, Israr-ul-Haq 2-33); DUBAI HAWKS 149-3 in 17 overs (Rafay Malik 58, Zeeshan Rahim 45).

One Ten Communication beat Pharm Distributors by five wickets at TMC Ground.

PHARM DISTRIBUTORS 199 in 46.3 overs (Mohammad Faizan 44; Ali Ahmed 3-18, Faizan Hussain 3-38, Huzaifa Siraj 2-18); ONE TEN COMMUNICATION 201-5 in 34.1 overs (Huzaifa Siraj 57, Faizan Hussain 55, Ali Ahmed 31; Muneeb Shirazi 3-30).

KW & SB beat Sindh Police by 83 runs at Lawai Cricket Stadium (Naya Nazimabad).

KW & SB 207 in 49.5 overs (Ghulam Qadir 38, Mir Salman 34, Adnan Rehman 33, Zahid Ali 30; Ahmed Khan 2-24, Yousuf Khan 2-31, Afnan Ahmed 2-35); SINDH POLICE 124 in 25.2 overs (Shujaat Azeem 43, Nadeem Rao 30, Riaz Ahmed 24; Mohammad Ijaz 4-33, Asghar Khan 3-10, Adnan Rehman 2-35).

Published in Dawn, March 25th, 2017