Cricket: AM Academy book spot in last-eight

KARACHI: AM Academy beat The City School (TCS) North Nazimabad campus by seven wickets to book a spot in the quarter-finals of the Third Haji Ashraf Inter-School Cricket Tournament. Batting first, TCS were bowled out for 131 in 18.5 overs. Off-spinner Saifur Rehman claimed two wickets for 17 runs. In reply, AM Academy reached the target in 15.5 overs for the loss of three wickets.

Opener Imran Sharif led the way with a 65-run knock off 38 balls and Rehmatullah chipped in with an unbeaten 27 for AM Academy.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 25^th, 2012.