Navy sail into semis

Published June 2, 2010

KARACHI, June 1 Pakistan Navy and Medicam Group qualified for the semi-finals of the 17th Hinopak Trophy KCCA Inter-departmental cricket tournament after winning their respective matches on Monday.

Owais Ahmed Rehmani hit a fine 68 with five boundaries as Navy beat UBL by a margin of 31 runs at the UBL Sports Complex Ground.

Medicam Group, meanwhile, registered an exciting five-run victory against Omar Associates at the TMC Ground with Ali Mudassar and Shahid Latif excelling with both bat and the ball.

Ali scored 72 with three sixes and as many fours and took two wickets for 45 with his as medium pacers, while Shahid hit four fours and two sixes in making 50. He also claimed two wickets for 35 runs.

Summarised scores

Pakistan Navy beat UBL by 31 runs.

PAKISTAN NAVY 220-9 in 45 overs (Owais Ahmed Rehmani 68, Lal Kumar 42, Babar Agha 28; Nabeel Khalid 3-45, Ali Asad 2-32) UBL 189 in 40.1 overs (Naved Khan 84, Ali Asad 46; Babar Agha 2-35, Faraz Ahmed Khan 2-45).

Medicam Group beat Omar Associates by five runs.

MEDICAM GROUP 247 in 44.1 overs (Ali Mudassar 72, Shahid Latif 50, Zeeshan Raheem 49; Zakir Afridi 2-33, Saleem A. Raheem 2-35, Mir Afzal 2-38); OMER ASSOCIATES 242-9 in 45 overs (Saleem A. Raheem 49, Waqas Mahboob 42, Zakir Afridi 42, Saad Ali 26; Shahid Latif 2-35, Ali Mudassar 2-45).—APP