SPM Stags beat SPM Bucks by 56 runs & qualify the zonal quarter-finals of the 14th National Veteran Senior Cricket Cup while Gujranwala Seniors beat Sheikhupura Tigers by 7 wickets on Tuesday. At the Ali Garh Cricket Ground, SPM Stags batting first 243/7 after 30 overs. Test Cricketer Zahoor Ilahi 98, Shakeel Malik 75 & Shahid Anwar 45 runs. SPM Bucks bowling Zahid Khan 3/54, Ashfaq Aslam 1/43, Nadeem Ghori 1/50, Javeed Butt 1/58 & Javeed Khan 1/24 wickets. In reply SPM Bucks 187/9 after 30 overs. Javeed Butt 74 not out, Tariq Ramzan 21, Rafaqat Ali 19 & Qadeer Shah 16 runs. SPM Stags bowling Shahid Anwar 3/36, Iftkhar Ahmad 2/34, Shakeel Malik 2/32 & Sajjad Akbar 2/36 wickets. Qaisar Waheed, Muhammad Asif Umpire & Syed Najam-ul-saeed was the scorer. End of the match Chief Guest SPM Chief Aizad Hussain Syed give away Cash Award to Shakeel Malik.
In the second match at Khayaban Muridky ground, Sheikhupura Tigers batting first 66 all out after 18.3 overs. Nisar Ahmad 19 & Ansar Ali 19 runs. Gujranwala Senior bowling Fazal Kareem bowling well 5/26, Sohail Butt 3/9 & Muhammad Nawaz 2/20 wickets. In reply Gujranwala Senior 67/3 after 12.2 overs. Muhammad Nisar 25, Fazal Kareem 17 & Amir Mehmood 19 runs not out. Javeed Ashraf, Sagheer Ahmad Umpire & Zahoor Alam was the scorer.
