Ufone, Telenor, Descon and AJR won their matches in the Ihsan Cup Corporate Premier League (CPL) Twenty20 Cricket Championship here at the Model Town Whites ground on Wednesday. In the first match, Ufone defeated Descon by four wickets. Batting first, Descon were all out at 123 runs in 20 overs. Abdul Tawad (17), Mohsin Mehmood (14) were the prominent scorers for Descon. Ufone’s Najamul-Hassan and Ahsan Zaidi took two wickets each. In reply, Ufone achieved the target for the loss of six wickets in 19.2 overs. Sadeem Baig (24) and Raza Akram (21*) were the main contributors for Ufone. Descon’s Asif Bashir grabbed two wickets for 26 runs. In the second match, Telenor beat AJR by three wickets. Batting first, AJR made 137 for six in 20 overs. Imran Riaz scored 32 runs while Rehan Riaz and Naveed Arif scored 24 and 20 runs respectively. Waqas Awan Ullah and Imran Younas of Telenor grabbed two wickets each. In reply, Telenor achieved the target for the loss of seven wickets. Imran Younas made (40), Fawad (37) and Atif Jabbar (28) were the prominent scorers for Telenor. AJR’s Ijaz Ahmed, Amir Aslam and Kamran Riaz shared two wickets each. Descon outplayed Raaziq by eight wickets. Batting first, Raaziq could manage to score only 100 runs in 18.2 overs. Only Azeem Arshed (25) and Nadeem Malik (15) played well for Raaziq. Farhan of Descon grabbed four wickets for 10 runs while Tahir Khan took three wickets for 10 runs. In reply, Descon achieved the target for the lost of two wickets in 12.2 overs. Descon’s Abbas Haider scored unbeaten 48 runs while Taufeeq Zafar scored 22 runs. In the last match, AJR beat Ufone by 16 runs. Batting first, AJR scored 137 for eight wickets in 20 overs. Kamran Riaz scored unbeaten 78 runs while Zeeshan Feroz made 23 runs. Ufone’s Ahsan Zaidi and Abid Ali shared three wickets each. In reply, Ufone could score 121 runs in 19 overs.
