Shahid Ilyas displayed his all-round skills in Junoon Club’s 51-run victory against Essco Club in the BSB-ICA Super Cricket League here at National Ground. Shahid Ilyas blasted 56 runs and then claimed two wickets, though Rizwan Anwar, a left-arm spinner, got 4 for 31 to destroy Essco. Scores: Junoon Club 247 for 9 in 47 overs (Shahid Ilyas 56, Nadeem Abbasi 49, Raja Fawad 31, Bilawal Zia 24. Munirur Rehman Tanzil 2 for 43, Waqar Akbar 2 for 51). Essco 196 in 41.5 overs (Ahmed Sohail 50, Aqeel Mukhtar 46, Ausaf Ahmed 24 – Rizwan Anwar 4 for 31, Nasarullah Khan 3 for 60, Shahid Ilyas 2 for 26).
Left-arm spinner Mohammad Ishfaq of Asif Memorial Club claimed a four-wicket haul to help outmatch Classic Club in the crucial match, as it was first defeat Classic suffered this year.
Asif Memorial achieved 213-run target in 42nd over with Ali Raza hitting 53 and Azhar Ayub playing well with his 41 runs. Nouman Masud Butt played well for Classic with 58 runs innings.
Scores: Classic 213 in 45 overs (Nouman Masud Butt 58, Usman Ashraf 39, Mohammad Hammad 35, Sohail Ahmed 27. M Ishfaq 4 for 36, Shahid Jehangir 2 for 36, Zeeshan Nadir 2 for 43). Asif Memorial 214 in 42 overs (Ali Raza 43, Azhar Ayub 41, Kashif Majeed 35 not out, Shoaib Khaliq 21, Mohammad Shahzad 21 – Mohammad Hammad 3 for 50).
