Faisalabad Veteran beat Lahore Tigers by 4 runs and Multan Tigers beat Jinnah Seniors by 24 runs and qualified for the zonal quarter final of the 14th National Veteran Senior Cricket Cup. At the Model Town White ground, Faisalabad Veteran made 225/5 in 30 overs. Muhammad Shakeel 80, Waseem Haidar 71 runs not out & Ejaz Ahmad Junior 23 runs. Mujahid Jamshaid 1/49, Amanvel 1/40 & Saleem Butt 1/58 wickets. In reply Lahore Tigers 221 all out in 30 overs. Mujahid Jamshaid 61, Muhammad Munir 35, Tahir Irshad 55 & Saif-ur-rehman 29 runs. Maqbool Ahmad bowling well 5/34, Ejaz Ahmad 1/30, Pervez Hussain 1/45 & Waseem Haidar 1/55 wickets. Muhammad Kaleem, Javeed Ashraf Umpire & Azhar Hussain was the scorer. In the second match at BZU Multan Ground, Multan Tigers got 232/4 after 30 overs. Zakir Hussain 124, Abid Mehmood 52 & Ateeq Khan 35 runs. Daud Yousaf 2/44 & Muhammad Lal 1/20 wickets. In reply Jinnah Senior 208 all out. Nasir Qureshi 45, Qasim Rizwi 40 & Daud Yousaf 38 runs. Naeem Iqbal 4/36, Nadeem Bukhari 2/41, Faisal Hayyat 1/29 & Ghaffar Raza 1/32 wickets. Aftab Ali, Nadeem Iqbal Umpire & Shahid Gillani was the scorer.
