LAHORE: Golden Stars Club defea­ted Ihsan Club by 63 runs in the opening match of the Canon Foam Challenge One-day Cup cricket tournament here at the Model Town ground on Thursday.

Chief selector and former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq, Test batsman Taufiq Umar and ex-Test umpire Mian Mohammad Aslam inaugurated the tournament.

Batting first, Golden Stars piled up 231-4 in 30 overs. In reply, Ihsan Club could post 168-9 in 25.4 overs.

Summarised scores:

GOLDEN STARS CLUB 231-4 in 30 overs (Zeeshan Shabbir 91, Azam-ul-Haq 51, Ahmad Butt 31; Dawood Ali 2-30); IHSAN CLUB 168-9 in 25.4 overs (Moin Tahir 58 not out, Waqas Salim 52; Asad Raza 2-35; Zeeshan Shabbir 2-36, Aamir Sajjad 2-38).

Published in Dawn, February 16th, 2018