LAHORE: BBL and Aitchison College Staff won their respective matches of the 4th SPM league here on Wednesday. In the first match of the professional group, BBL beat Muslim Gymkhana by 9 wickets. Muslim Gymkhana scored 185 for 9 wickets after batting first.
Mohammad Mateen 67, Salman Ghafoor 49 and Nadeem Zafar 39 were the main scorers. Romail Bashir took 3 wickets while Muhammad Yousaf and Rehan Rauf grabbed 2 wickets each.
In reply, BBL achieved the target for the loss of 1 wicket. Ali Amjad 76, Muhammad Yousaf (Test cricketer) 68 not out and Muntazar Mehdi 29 not out were the main scorers.
Mohammad Yousaf was declared the man of the match. In the second match, Aitchison College Staff beat Global Technology by 50 runs. Aitchison College Staff made 202 for 5 wickets in the allotted 30 overs. Asim Nawaz 62, Maqsood Ali 42, Irfan Akhter 23 and Ashiq Hussain 21 were the prominent batsmen. Haris Masood and Amir Gondal took 2 wickets each.
In reply, Global Technology were all out for 152 runs with Bilal Khan 24, Asif Iqbal 21 and Faisal Rehman 15 being the main scorers. Faisal Imran took 3 while Ashiq Hussain, Maqsood Ali and Muhammad Aneeb claimed 2 wickets each. Maqsood Ali was declared the man of the match.