Umar guides Al Bilal home

Published May 25, 2006

LAHORE, May 24: Prince Club defeated Al-Bilal Club by five wickets in the 9th Gold Cup cricket at the Aligarh Club ground on Wednesday.

Set to score 177 to win, Umar remained unbeaten for 44 as Prince Club achieved the target in 27 overs for the loss of five wickets.

Summarised scores.

AL-BILAL 176-5, 28 overs (Tahir Qadeer Butt 40, Mohammad Zahid 36, Zahid Junior 30; Sajid Ali 2-12, Ayaz 2-18).

PRINCE 177-5, 27 overs (Farhan 38, Fahad 28; Sajid Azeem 2-33).

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