Farrukh hammers century

Published November 30, 2001

ISLAMABAD, Nov 29: Farrukh Hayat struck an unbeaten 102 and Madoodul Hassan captured four wickets for 36 runs as Diamond routed ITR by eight wickets in the Chairman CDA cricket championship.

ITR were restricted to 170 by the Diamond attack in which besides Madood, Nayyar Abbasi and Asaf Akhtar took two wickets each. Irfan Akhtar was the top run-getter, stroking a fine 56.

Diamond then cruised home, scoring 171 with eight wickets to spare. Farrukh led the run chase followed by Hashim Khan who cracked a half century.

Summarised scores:

Diamond bt ITR by eight wkts. ITR 170 all out (Irfan Akhtar 56, Zahoor Ahmed 24, Asif Ayub 22; Madoodul Hassan 4-36, Nayyar Abbasi 2-24, Asaf Akhtar 2-34); Diamond 171 for two (Farrukh Hayat 102 no, Hashim Khan 55; Shakeel 1-38). At XI Star Ground, Young Capital bt Millat by eight wkts. Millat 85 all out (Tahir Rao 14; Nasir Rasheed 3-20, Israr Anjum and Asif Raja two wkts each); Young Capital 81 for two (Musharraf Riaz 67 no; Aminuddin 1-25).

Prince bt PTV by seven wkts. PTV 239 for seven (Nouman Siddiqui 82, Liaqat Ali 34, Naseer Ahmed 27; Shafqat Ali 4-44, Aftab Ahmed 2-33); Prince 241 for three (Sajjad Ali Rizvi 121 no, Muhammad Nadeem 50, Mujhaid Ali 32 no; Nouman Siddique, Naseer Ahmed, Irfan Khan and Ishtiaq Ahmed one wkt each).

Asif Memorial bt I-9 by five wkts. I-9 226 all out (Afzal Sohail Akram, Nabeel Faisal 40 no, Wasim Ahmed 37; Ch. Nasir 3-33, Iftikhar Ali 3-33); Asif Memorial 227 for five (Hammad Khan 73, Raheel Majeed 41, Azhar Ayub 41; Muhammad Ramzan 2-30).