LAHORE – Ghalib Sports marched into the third round of the East Zone Cricket Championship after defeating Golden Stars Club by 87 runs at Wahdat Colony ground on Friday. The match saw fine bowling by Rustam and good all-round performance by Nadeem Abbas. Muslimabad Gym and Baghbanpura Eaglets moved into the second round of the championship. Muslimabad Gym outplayed Mughalpura XI by 163 runs, at Wahdat Colony ground. Good batting by Majid Majeed, Nawaz Sardar and brilliant bowling by Tanzeem Altaf and Khuram Humayon were the highlights of the match. Baghbanpura Eaglets defeated Gadafi Club by five wickets at Burt Institute ground. The match saw a fine all-round performance by Ather.
ON FRIDAY AT WAHDAT COLONY GROUND: Ghalib Sports 205-9. Rana Waqas 59, M Munir 42, Nadeem Abbas 31, Khan Wali 20, Ahmed Raza 15. Afzal 2-34, M Atif 2-31, Hafiz Shehbaz 1-40, Rohail 1-25, M Shehzad 1-15, Daud 1-21. Golden Stars 118 all out in 28 overs. Afzal 21, Tanveer 15, Ehsan Ullah 12, M Hafeez 11, Shehzad 12. Rustum 4-24, Nadeem Abbas 3-14, Majid Ali 2-26, Munir 1-14.
ON THURSDAY AT WAHDAT COLONY GROUND: Muslimabad Gym 276-5 in 40 overs. Nawaz Sardar 82, Majid MAjeed 95(no), Kashif Rasheed 34, Asad Ali Younus 19, Khuram Naveed 19. Haris 3-54, M Naveed 2-34. Mughalpura XI 113 all out in 25.5 overs. Kashif 27, Imran abbas 13, Sohail Adrees 35. Nawaz Sardar 2-30, T Altaf 4-36, K Humayon 4-11.
ON THURSDAY AT BURT INSTITUTE GROUND: Gadafi Club 204 all out in 39.1 overs, Naeem Arshad 63, Anees 11, Shokat 21, M Hafeez 14, M Ateeq 44(no). Ather 4-33, Jawad 2-31, Yaseen Cheema 1-36, Amir 1-59. Baghbanpura Eaglets 208-5 in 32.3 overs. Tauseef 14, Amir Khan 37, Ather 23, Dastageer 43, Yaseen Cheema 25, Jawad 33(no), Mubarak 13(No). Mudasar 2-45, M Shokat 1-35, Ateeq 1-40.
