Lahore Whites beat Sargodha Veteran by 61 runs and Gulberg Gymkhana beat Jhang Veteran by 34 runs and qualified for the zonal quarter-finals of the 14th National Veteran Senior Cricket Cup on Saturday.
Scores: At Race Course Park Ground, Lahore Whites scored 253/6 after 25 overs. Ghaffar Kazmi 97, Mohtasham Rasheed 78, Pervez Ghori 49 & Asim Sheikh 12 runs. Muhammad Hussain 2/22, Ejaz Mehmood 1/45, Muhammad Arshad 1/45 & Haidar Butt 1/53 wickets. In reply Sargodha Veteran 192/6 after 25 overs. Haidar Butt 59, Majeed Asghar 43, Muhammad Hasnain 41 & Amir Malik 28 runs. Asim Sheikh 3/26, Saleem Malik 1/31, Ghaffar Kazmi 1/27 & Shahid Meer 1/20 wickets. Muhammad Kaleem, Ansar Mehmood Umpire & Syed Najam-ul-saeed was the scorer.
In the second match at Old Campus Cricket Ground, Gulberg Gymkhana batting made 269/5 in 30 overs. Asif Mehmood 100, Afzal Munir 62, Khalid Mehmood 23, Manzoor Ilahi 39 runs not out & Javeed Hafeez 20 runs not out. Sohail Sheikh 3/47, Ramzan Khan 1/37 & Tariq Ahmad 1/49 wickets. In reply Jhang Veteran 235 all out after 28.5 overs. Sohail Sheikh 104, Shameem Shah 58 & Tahir Mughal 24 runs. Faisal Mehmood 3/49, Afzal Munir 2/52, Azhar Hussain 2/20, Manzoor Ilahi 1/31 & Javeed Hafeez 1/36 wickets.