All-round show by Shahid

Published August 8, 2002

KARACHI, Aug 7: Sindh Police defeated Candyland by 38 runs in the 11th inter-firm cricket tournament at UBL Sports Complex Ground Tuesday.

Fahad Anjum took five for 42 but failed to save Candyland from defeat.

Shahid Hussain produced superb all-round performance to enable HBL Head Office to beat Karachi Psychiatric Hospital (KPH) by 26 runs. Shahid hit 57 and later captured five for 50.

Summarised scores:

SINDH POLICE 214-8 in 40 overs (Gohar Ali 51, Akif Alvi 50, Azhar Gul 36, Maqsood Ali 33; Fahad Anjum 5-42);

CANDYLAND 176-9 in 40 overs (Rehan Hasan 59, Fahad Anjum 30; Khalid Butt 3-22, Hamid Ali 3-26).

HBL HEAD OFFICE 233-9 in 40 overs (Talib Ali 82, Shahid Hussain 57, Basharat Hussain 26; Misbah-ul-Haq 4-52, Zeeshan Anwar 2-29);

KPH 207 in 37.3 overs (Mukarram Waheed 47, Danish Alvi 32, Zeeshan Anwar 31; Shahid Hussain 5-50).—APP