Humair, Salman shine

Published June 19, 2007

KARACHI, June 18: ABN-Amro Bank defeated Roche Pakistan by 26 runs in a match of the sixth AKU Sports Centre cricket tournament at the AKU Sports Centre Ground on Sunday.

Humair Khairi (63 retired hurt) and Salman Butt (54 not out) helped ABN-Amro Bank, batting first, accumulate 215-4 in the allotted 25 overs.

Roche Pakistan, in reply, were restricted to 189-8.

Summarised scores:

ABN-AMRO BANK 215-4 in 25 overs (Humair Khairi 63 retired hurt, Salman Butt 54 not out, Moid Farooqi 26, Shiraz Ahmed 26); ROCHE PAKISTAN 189-8 in 25 overs (Adnan 64, Babar Fida 23; Moid Farooqi 3-41, Salman Butt 2-12).—Agencies