Superb century by Anwar Malik helped Miro Engineering to score an exciting win over Kanoo while Irfan with a century for f Zinda Talismath could not save his team from defeat as Natco won by 2 wickets in the Premier Division matches of the ACE Travel League.
ACE Travel beat fancied Daccan Knights by 3 wickets while ICC Irfan Basha romped home against Tamar by 23 runs in the other matches in the tournament sponsored by ACE Travel & Tours and organized by JCA.
Here is a summary of the matches:
ACE Travel beat Daccan Knights by 3 wickets: Daccan Knights posted 175 runs. Sohail did bulk of the scoring with a stylish 77 off 46 balls (6x6 +4x4), while Amjad supported him scoring 36 off 23 balls. Hamid and Wajid each claimed 3 wickets each for 35 runs each as well while Saadat chipped in with 2 for 48 runs.
In reply, ACE Travel reached the target of 176 for 7 with an over to spare and 3 wickets in hand. Wajid contributed 51 while Hamid slammed an unbeaten 41. Ahmad had 3 for 53 and Athar 2 for 39 runs.
Micro Engineering defeated Kanoo by 6 wickets: Kanoo scored 190 runs for the loss of 7 wickets with Najam in the limelight with an elegant 70 off 35 balls. Faheem contributed 46 while Saadique Merchant hit 21 and Majid 21 propped the lower order. Asif claimed 3 scalps for 28 runs and Ilyas had 2 for 26 . Micro Engineering raced to its target of 191 runs of the loss of 4 wickets with 4 overs to spare thanks to aggressive unbeaten innings of Anwar Malik who belted an unbeaten 100 off only 53 balls. Jawwad scored a quickfire 39 off 25 balls while Shafi remained unbeaten on 15. Rashid claimed 3 for 28 and Saadique 1 for 11.
ICC Irfan Basha beat Tamar by 23 runs: ICC Irfan Basha amassed 242 runs for the loss of 5 wickets only. Zameer hit 80 of 23 balls, Raheel 64 off 32 balls and Rana Shahzad 54. Rafiq took 2 wickets for 44 runs while Waseem and Ashfaq had a wicket apiece for 39 and 22 runs. In pursuit of 243 runs Tamar gave spirited fightback but fell short of the target to end at 219. Khalid Butt was the top scorer on 56 while Sajjad scored 26. Atta and Raheel had 2 wickets each for 28 and 30 runs while Umar, Shahzad and Amir had one wicket each.
Natco beat Zinda Talismat by 2 wickets: Zinda Talismat posted 196 runs thanks to Irfan’s unbeaten134. He faced 59 balls and flogged the bowlers all over the ground hitting 13 sixes and 5 fours. Aijaz bore the brunt as he was hit for 7 of those sixes in 2 overs. Javed made 19. Musaddiq took 2 wickets for 24 runs while Humayoon and Aijaz had one each the latter going for 69. In reply, Natco chased the target of 197 for the loss of 8 wickets with Ali scoring 29 Jawwad 47 and Ashiq 41 off 20 balls. Natco romped home in the last over for the loss of 8 wickets. Urooj and Irfan had 2 wickets each for 42 and 40 runs respectively but was not enough to gain win for Zinda.
Micro Engineering, ICC, ACE, Natco cricketers score
