Kinnaird Club Reds, Kinnaird Club Blacks and Aitchison School won their matches on the opening day of the Lahore Gymkhana School T20 Cricket Championship here at Bagh-e-Jinnah ground on Friday.
Pakistan Cricket Board Women’s Wing chairperson Bushra Aitzaz was the chief guest of the colourful opening ceremony. Lahore Gymkhana management committee member Khalid Ikram Malik, Javed Zaman Khan and several other officials were also present on the occasion. In the first match, Kinnaird Club Reds beat Garrison School by 45 runs. Kinnaird Club made 150 for eight in 20 overs with Kainta Jalil, who was named played of the match for her 51 runs innings performed brilliantly along with Bishma Nahroof 43. Marium Hassan and Mariam Butt shared two wickets each for 21 and 22 runs respectively.
In reply, Garrison school could reach 105 runs for five in 20 overs. Garrison’s Mariana scored 21 runs while Sidra Nawaz made 18 runs. Sana Mir of Kinnaird Club Reds took two wickets for 10 runs. In the second match, Kinnaird Club Black got walk over against Chuburji School. The tournament committee has also decided that there are no age and education level restrictions on the participating girls. “We are promoting cricket particularly giving an opportunity to them to play so there will be no restrictions on their participation,” Javed Zaman said.
In the third match of the day, Aitchison School defeated Lords School by 93 runs at the former’s ground. Aitchison made 169 for four in 20 overs. Bilal 42, Rafay 34 and Hamza 27 were the prominent players. Anees of Lords School took three wickets for 37 runs. In reply, Lords could make 76 runs all out. Mustafa scored 30 runs while Basir Ali made 14 runs. Sheroz, Khavram, Ali and Haris shared two wickets each.
As many as 16 school teams of the city are participating in the event. The teams have divided into four groups of four teams and two matches will be played daily with the final will be played on October 26. The teams: Pool A: Kinnaird Red, Garrison Women Club, Govt Killa Lakshaman Singh School, Garrison Academy School. Pool B: Beacon Hose Johar Town, Central Model Lower Mall, Beacon Hose Canal View, Resource Academia. Pool C: City School, DPS Model Town, Beacon House 45, Muslim Model High School. Pool D: Aitchison School, Govt High School Chuburji, Kinnaird Black.
Lahore Gymkhana School T20 Cricket C’ship begins
