Textile Tigers beat Sheikhupura Lion by 88 runs & qualify for the quarter-final of the 14th National Veteran Senior Cricket Cup here at the at Khayaban Ghee Mills Muridkee cricket ground. Textile Tigers batting first 249/6 after 30 overs. Muhamamd Riaz playing well 98, Rizwan Nisar 26, Ali Amjad 45, Qadeer Khan 17 & Ashraf Ali 37 runs not out. Sheikhupura Lion bowling Muhammad Anees 2/38, Malik Saleem 1/43 & Waseem Fazil 1/38 wickets. In reply Sheikhupura lion 161 all out. Waseem Fazil 28, Saadat Ali 39 & Malik Saleem 16 runs. Textile Tigers bowling Khalid Habib 3/30, Rehan Rouf 3/26, Azhar Hussain 2/22, Romail Bashir 1/46 & Maqsood Ali 1/9 wickets. Javeed Ashraf, Sagheer Ahmad Umpire & Zahid Anayat was the scorer. Textile Tigers qualify the quarter final. End of the match Chief Guest Rizwan Nisar give away cash award to Muhammad Riaz.
In the second match at Race Course park ground. Okara Veteran batting first 190 all out after 29.2 overs. Adnan Amjad 57, Hafiz Khalid 42, Farzand Ali 17 & Muhammad Hafeez 17 runs. DHL bowling Muhammad Ishaq 3/21, Ejaz Ahmad 2/24, Zafar Iqbal 2/21, Tahir Mehmood 1/28 & Riaz-ud-din 1/40 wickets. In reply DHL 191/3 after 27.5 overs. Zafar Iqbal 70, Tahir Mehmood 48, Muhammad Javeed 19, Muhammad Ishaq 18 & Umar Irshad 18 runs. Okara Veteran bowling Afzal Babar 1/34, Farzand 1/20 & Dr. Ghafoor 1/32 wickets. Hanif Muhammad, Irfan Dilshad Umpire & Qasim shafique was the scorer.
