KARACHI: A whirlwind century by Asadullah and equally brilliant bowling from skipper K.M. Hafeez guided New Standard Secondary School to a huge 259-run victory over Hira Foundation School in the 9th PVCA/EBM Inter-school cricket tournament here the other day.

After opting to bat first at the Asghar Ali Shah Stadium, New Standard rode on wicket-keeper Asadullah’s belligerent 130-ball innings of 160 that contained 18 boundaries and two sixes, to amass 328-6 in 40 overs.

Slow left-armer Hafeez then ripped through Hira Foundation batting with astounding figures of five wickets for as many runs, with four of his eight overs being maiden, to bowl out the opposition for just 69 in 28.5 overs. In another match played at the Eastern Star Cricket Ground, Kamran Public School thumped Superior Educational Acad­emy by eight wickets.

Summarised scores:

New Standard Secondary School beat Hira Foundation School by 259 runs.

NEW STANDARD SECONDARY SCHOOL 328-6 in 40 overs (Asadullah 160, Haider Zaman 34, K.M. Hafeez 29; Azam Ahmed 2-60); HIRA FOUNDATION SCHOOL 69 in 28.5 overs (K.M. Hafeez 5-5, Mohammad Shiraz 3-23, Uzaifa Shaikh 2-3).

Kamran Public School beat Superior Educational Academy by eight wickets.

SUPERIOR EDUCATIONAL ACADEMY 92 in 32.1 overs (Shahmeer Ali 31, Usman Mansuri 21; Abdullah Ashfaq 3-17, Hasan Jafri 2-13, Rashid Ghani 2-16); KAMRAN PUBLIC SCHOOL 93-2 in 7 overs (Hasan Jafri 52).

Published in Dawn, October 18th, 2018