KARACHI: Malir Gymkhana, Faisal Gymkhana and Punjab CCC defeated their respective rivals to move into the quarter-finals of the KCCA Zone-IV Abdul Rauf Malik Cricket Tournament at the Pak Star Ground.
A fine all-round performance from Tauheed Khan led Faisal Gymkhana to a 79-run victory over Gulzar CC. Tauheed scored 41 and bagged four wickets.
Yasir Mushtaq’s unbeaten 87 (seven fours and two sixes) helped Malir Gymkhana beat Al-Mumtaz CC by two wickets, Punjab CC held off Modern Gymkhana’s challenge to emerge winners by only five runs.
Meanwhile, Pak Mughal CC and Rising Star CC both have qualified for the second round.
Summarised scores:
Malir Gymkhana beat Al-Mumtaz CC by two wickets.
AL-MUMTAZ CC 185-7 in 40 overs (Mohammad Kashan 80 not out, Mohammad Saeed 49, Anwar Khan 26; Azam Hussain 2-15); MALIR GYMKHANA 186-8 in 33.2 overs (Yasir Mushtaq 87 not out, Arsalan Farzand 22; Rehman Khan 2-25, Akhtar Hussain 2-29, Mohammad Kashan 2-30).
Faisal Gymkhana beat Gulzar CC by 79 runs.
FAISAL GYMKHANA 212 in 36.3 overs (Mohammad Bilal 77, Tauheed Khan 41, Daniyal Naveed 18, Fareedullah 17; Ahmedullah Siddiqui 4-30, Mohammad Osama Khan 3-28); GULZAR CC 133 in 22.3 overs (Mujeebullah Siddiqui 47, Saifullah 29; Tauheed Khan 6-30, Ali Raza 4-19.
Punjab CCC beat Modern Gymkhana by five runs.
PUNJAB CC 223-8 in 40 overs (Mohammad Yaqoob 40, Osama Malik 35, Samiullah 33; Saqib Mahmood 4-40, Ikhtiar Shah 2-41); MODERN GYMKHANA 218 in 37 overs (Noor-ul-Wahab 78, Saadat Shah 57, Ikhtiar Shah 23; Adeel Jahanzaib 4-57,Shahzaib 2-28).
Pak Mughal CC beat Airport Star CC by two runs.
PAK MUGHAL CC 164 in 37.3 overs (Akhtar Ali 41, Moonis Ahmed 26, Mohammad Luqman 18; Shujaat Hussain 4-39, Asadullah 3-19, Abid Ali 2-25); AIRPORT STAR CC 162 in 34.4 overs (Talib Hussain 38, Shoaib Ahmed 29, Asad Khan 21; Mohammad Tahir 4-14, Naveed Ahmed 2-13, Mohammad Naqi 2-34).
Rising Star CC beat Quaidabad Gymkhana by three wickets.
QUAIDABAD GYMKHANA 123 in 34 overs (Asad Ali 20, Sajid Ali 19; Mohammad Kashif 3-14, Syed Badar-ul-Hasan 3-21); RISING STAR CC 127-7 in 26 overs (Kamran Khan 37; Lal Zada 3-35).
Published in Dawn, January 16th, 2018