Mansoor grabs five wickets

Published February 20, 2007

KARACHI, Feb 19: Leg-spinner Mansoor Ahmed took five wickets and Wajihuddin hit a century as Nazimabad Gymkhana crushed Young Cooperators Cricket Club by 297 runs in a NBP-KCCA Inter Club Championship match at Jinnah College Ground here on Sunday.

Wajih smashed eight fours and two sixes as Nazimabad Gymkhana posted 382-8 in their 40 overs. Young Cooperators CC, in reply, were bundled out for 85 in the 18th over. Mansoor took five wickets for 22.

Meanwhile, Asifabad Sports defeated AAS Cricket Club by 40 runs at the Asghar Ali Shah Stadium. Yasir Hussain hit 79 and Naseer Nazir picked 4-35 for the winners.

Summarised scores:

NAZIMABAD GYMKHANA 382-8 in 40 overs (Wajihuddin 111, Athar Abid 66, Faraz Patel 37, Farhan Iqbal 35, Owais Ahmed 24; Zafar Raza 2-41, M Ahmed 2-52); YOUNG COOPERATORS CC 85 in 17.3 overs (Salman Wasim 37, Zafar Raza 2-41; Mansoor Ahmed 5-22, Ali Mudassar 2-48).

ASIFABAD SPORTS 209 in 38.5 overs (Yasir Hussain 79, Asad Iqbal 33, Hamid Ali 21; Aamir Rizwan 3-29, Obaid Rabnawaz 2-40); AAS CC 169 in 35.5 overs (Omair-ul-Haq 31, Kafeel Abbas 22; Naseer Nazir 4-35, Zulfiqar Haider 2-16). –APP