KARACHI, April 25: Ramiz Raja smashed a scintillating century as Mohammad Hussain Cricket Club crushed A O Cricket Club by 203 runs in the PCB National Inter Club Cricket Championship at the Asghar Ali Shah Stadium here on Tuesday.
Ramiz hit 21 boundaries in his 130 and Aamir Iqbal struck 16 boundaries in his 95 as Mohammad Hussain CC piled up 344-7 in 45 overs while batting first. A O CC, in reply, crashed to 141 all out in the 27th over. Mohsin Sultan captured 4-46.
Meanwhile, Mansoor Ahmed grabbed three wickets and Owais Ahmed Rehmani hit 76 with 13 boundaries as Nazimabad Gymkhana recorded their third win of the tournament, beating Hamdam Cricket Club by eight wickets at the KCCA Stadium.
In the meantime, Mansoor Ali claimed four wickets for 33 to bowl Korangi Friends Cricket Club to a six-wicket win against A O Blues at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground.
Jawwad Ali made 77 with eight fours and Asad Iqbal got 55 with four fours as Asifabad Sports defeated Delhi City Gymkhana by 148 runs.
Summarised scores:
MOHAMMAD HUSSAIN CC 344-7 in 45 overs (Ramiz Raja 130, Aamir Iqbal 95, Adnan Akhtar 39; Asim Tanvir 3-35, Nadeem Sheikh 2-47); AO CC 141 in 26.4 overs (Owais Ahmed 50, Nadeem Sheikh 32, Shahid Ayub 32; Mohsin Sultan 4-46, Amir Iqbal 2-2).
HAMDAM CC 148 in 36.2 overs (Salman Khurshid 47, Asma Raza 40; Mansoor Ahmed 3-25, Sajjad Mirza 2-11, Ali Muddassar 2-34); NAZIMABAD GYMKHANA 152-2 in 21.5 overs (Owais Ahmed Rehmani 76 not out, Faraz Patel 28 not out; Salman Khurshid 2-33).
A O BLUES 182 in 39.3 overs (M Aslam 35, Tasawar Abbas 32, Shabbir Khan 29, Adnan Baig 23; Mansoor Ali 4-33, Osama Basharat 3-25); KORANGI FRIENDS CC 184-4 in 36.1 overs (Ashraf Ali 73, Mansoor Ali 32, M.Sajjad 27, Saeed Asif 25; Tajuddin Agha 2-26).
ASIFABAD SPORTS 297-9 in 45 overs (Jawwad Ali 77, Asad Iqbal 55; Usman Farhat 2-40, Umar Saleem 2-50, Jaffar Hussain 2-51); DELHI CITY GYMKHANA 149 in 31.1 overs (Usman Farhat 47, Asad Siddiqui 26; Raheel Waris 3-30, Junaid Ali 3-42). –APP