PIA and NBP advance in Benazir Memorial Cricket

LAHORE - PIA, National Bank of Pakistan, Port Qasim and Karachi Whites won their respective matches of the Shaheed-e-Jamhooriat Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Memorial Twenty20 Cricket Tournament that began at Karachi on Monday. PIA won over Karachi Blues by 48 runs, National Bank beat Pakistan Steels by 35 runs, Port Qasim moved past Karachi Gymkhana by eight wickets and Karachi Whites prevailed over Hyderanad won by seven wickets. APP adds, Naumanullah smashed an unbeaten ton as NBP beat Pakistan Steel by 35 runs in Shaheed-e-Jamhooriat Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Memorial Twenty20 Cricket Tournament at Niaz Stadium Hyderabad on Monday. Nauman blasted five 4s and as many 6s in his 100 off 56 balls and Qasier Abbas hit four boundaries and one six in his 45 as put to bat first, NBP piled up 194-2 in 20 overs. Pakistan Steel in reply were restricted to 159-7 in their over overs. Rizwan Ahmed top-scored with 34 with four 4s and one six and Zeeshan Rahim made 31 not out with four boundaries. Spinners duo of Mansoor Khan and Misbah khan seven wickets between but their effort failed to save Karachi Blues from 48 runs defeat at the hands of PIA at Karachi Gymkhana. Pakistan discard Yasir Hameed hit 26-ball 40 with four 4s and one six as PIA collected 137 all out in overs. Karachi Blues in reply could manage 89 for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs in reply. Federal Sports Minister Pir Aftab Hussain Shah Jilani inaugurated the 16-team event at karachi Gymkhana. President KG Badar Anwar, Chief Organizer Razaullah Khan and other officials were also present on the occasion. In the second match at KG Ground, opener Shahzaib Hasan hammered unbeaten 85 in just 32 deliveries with nine 6s and four 4s as Port Qasim Authority (PQA) thrashed Karachi Gymkhana by eight wickets. Shahzaib hoisted four successive sixes off Yasir Hussain which cost him 27 runs. Karachi Gymkhana was included in the event after Balochistan pulled out of the event. In another match at Niaz Stadium Hyderabad, Karachi Whites beat Hyderabad by seven wickets Medium pacer Fahad Khan was Karachi Whites' hero as he snapped-up four wickets for 27 runs. Summarized scores: First Match PIA v Karachi Blues Played at Karachi Gymkhana PIA 137 in 20 overs (Yasir Hameed 40, 26 balls, 4 x4s, 1x6s, Agha Sabir 22, Mansoor Khan 4-19, Misbah Khan 3-26) v Karachi Blues 89-6 in 20 overs (Mushtaq Afridi 29, Ashraf Ali 17, Mansoor Khan 29, Anwar Ali 2-18) Toss: Karachi Blues Result: PIA won by 48 runs. Umpires: Saleem Badar and Khalid Mahmood Scorer: Mohammad Ahsan Second Match National Bank v Pakistan Steel Played at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad National Bank 194-2 in 20 overs (Naumanullah 100*, 66 balls, 9 x4s, 5 x6s, Qaiser Abbas 45, 33 balls, 4 x4s, 1x 6s, Fawad Alam 25, 20 balls) v Pakistan Steel 159-7 in 20 overs (Rizwan Ahmed 34, Zeeshan Rahim 31, 20 balls, Nadeem-ul-Haq 20, Ijaz Ahmed 26, 20 balls, 3 x4s, 1 x6s) Toss: Pakistan Steel Result: National Bank won by 35 runs. Umpires: Riazuddin and Akbar Khan Scorer: Arif Majeed Arif Third Match Port Qasim v Karachi Gymkhana Played at Karachi Gymkhana Karachi Gymkhana 125-7 in 20 overs (Umair Shaikh 34*, 50 balls 4 x4s, Ayaz Latif 17, Imran Afzal 13, Tanveer Ahmed 2-17, Mohammad Talha 2-20, Khalid Latif 2-15) v Port Qasim 126-2 in 9.4 overs (Shahzeb Hasan 85, 32 balls, 4 x4s, 9 x6s, Asim Kamal 20, 15 balls, 2 x6s, 1 x6s, ) Toss: Karachi Gymkhana Result: Port Qasim won by eight wickets. Umpires: Salim Badar and Khalid Mahmood Scorer: Mohammad Ahsan 4th Match Hyderabad v Karachi Whites Played at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad Hyderabad 143-9 in 20 overs (Azeem Ghuman 46, 41 balls, 5 x4s, 1 x6s, Nauman Ali 52, 27 balls, 6 x4s, 3 x6s, Fahad Khan 4-27) v Karachi Whites 145-3 in 18 overs (Ali Asad 30, Ramiz Raja 33, Asad Shafiq 29, Tariq Haroon 31*, Rizwan Ahmed 2-28) Toss: Hyderabad Result: Karachi Whites won by seven wickets. Umpires: Riazuddin and Akbar Khan Scorer: Arif Majeed Arif Today's Matches Multan Region v/s Services Indus. Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 1000 - 1230 HBL v/s LCCA Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 1300 - 1600 Pindi Region v/s CDA Diamond Cricket Ground. 1000 - 1230 NWFP v/s Islamabad Region Diamond Cricket Ground. 1300 - 1600 KCCA Blues v/s Port Qasim National Stadium Karachi 1000 - 1230 PIA v/s Karachi Gymkhana National Stadium Karachi 1300 - 1600 NBP v/s Hyderabad Region Niaz Stadium Hyderabad 1000 - 1230 KCCA Whites v/s Pakistan Mills Niaz Stadium Hyderabad 1300 - 1600

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