Rawal Town, Margalla, Ghouri cruise into next round

ISLAMABAD Rawal Town, Margalla, Ghouri, CRA, Islamabad Gymkhana and Kings Gymkhana club posted victories in the ongoing NBP-ICA Invitational League Cricket Championship at different venues of Islamabad. At Diamond cricket ground, hard-hitting Mazhar Abbasi blasted a ton (124) to pave a way for a huge win for Rawal Town Club against National Club in the prestigious cricket event of Islamabad Cricket Association (ICA). Mazhar hit 111-ball 124 with 14 fours and three sixes, as Rawal Town piled up 342 for six in 50 overs. Khurram Kiani missed his ton when he was bowled at 93 off 94-balls. Scores: Rawal Town Club 342 for 6 (Mazhar Abbasi 124, Khurrum Kiani 93, Shahzad Hussain 36 - Mohammad Waqas 3 for 64, Abu Bakr 2 for 67). National Club 186 for 7 in 39 overs (Umer Kiani 64, Farooq Khan 25, Abu Bakr 20 - Khurram Kiani 2 for 28) Rawal Town won the match by 93-run on the basis of D/L formula, as rain stopped the match after 36 overs played by National Club. At Al-Muslim cricket ground, All-Youngstars tasted yet another defeat by 81 runs at the hands of P and T Club. Hammad Hussain claimed a 4-wicket haul for the winners. Scores: P and T 204 for 9 (Sadeer Khan 45, Zaheer Khan 40, Nazeer Khan 20 - Hammad 2 for 19, Junaid Abbasi 2 for 30, Ghulam Murtaz 2 for 41). All-Youngstars 123 (Mohammad Idrees 37 - Hammad Hussain 4 for 17, Sadeer Khan 3 for 29). Margalla beat Young Capital by 8 wickets in a one-sided match played at National ground. Niaz Mohammad blasted 76, while Rashid Rehman scored 62. Both remained unbeaten. Scores: Young Capital 171 in 43.1 overs (Wazarat Shah 71, Zohair Sharif 30, Ali Sarwar 24 - Aamir Khan 2 for 18, Mumtaz Ahmed 2 for 28, Rashid Rehman 2 for 30). Margalla Club 172 for 2 (Niaz Mohammad 76 not out, Rashid Rehman 62 not out - Zoahir Sharif 2 for 30). Asfandyar scored a 50 in just 22 balls to help Ghouri Club landing home against Model Town Gymkhana. Ghouri won the game by 4 wickets. Scores: Model Town Gymkhana 143 (Mohammad Haroon 25 - Syed Hasan 3 for 11, Sohail Ahmed 3 for 27, Syed Asfandyar 2 for 45). Ghouri 145 for 6 (Asfandyar 50, Mohammad Haroon 33, Syed Hassan Shah 30 not out - Mohammad Haroon 2 for 26, Mujahid Amin 2 for 26). Taimoor Javed (51) and Asim Mukhtar (5 for 19) helped Islamabad Gymkhana to beat All Lucky Stars by 2 wickets in a keenly contested game here at Marghzar ground. Scores: All Lucky Stars 174 (Sajjad Hussain 55, Ghazanfar Mehmood 40 - Asim Mukhtar 5 for 19, Imran Mir 2 for 21). Islamabad Gymkhana 175 for 8 (Taimoor Javed 51, Asim Mukhtar 36, Imran Mir 34 - Samiur Rehman 3 for 46, Badshah Meer 2 for 22, Nasir Khan 2 for 33). At Bhutto ground, Shehbaz Ashraf made 65 to help CRA Club in winning its game against Muslim by 2 wickets. Khalid Mehmood claimed 4 for 38. Rana Bilal impressed with his 4 for 37 figures from the losers. Scores: Muslim 198 (Habib Khan 47, Danish 32, Zeeshan 27, Rana Bilal 21 - Khalid Mehmood 4 for 38). CRA Club 202 for 8 (Shehbaz Ashraf 65, Wajahat Abbas 29, Sanaullah 21 - Rana Bilal 4 for 37). Naved Saghar blasted 97 paving a way for Kings Gymkhana to have an easy win of 158 runs against Al-Fateh here at XI-Star ground. Abdul Shakoor claimed a 4-wicket haul for 22 runs. Scores: Kings Gymkhana 310 (Naveed Saghar 97, Sohail Zubiar 58, Abdul Shakoor 49 - Ghulam Farid 3 for 36, Dilawar Shah 3 for 65). Al-Fateh Club 152 (Raja Waqas 34, Shaikh Shoaib 28, Ghulam Farid 20 - Abdul Shakoor 4 for 22, Tauseef Gardazi 3 for 22, Asif Iqbal 3 for 38).

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