Cricket: Alamgir Gymkhana win in event

KARACHI: Alamgir Gymkhana beat Golden Gymkhana by 220 runs in the Daud Khan Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Sakhi Hasan Ground. Batting first, Alamgir Gymkhana scored 376 for three in 40 overs. Syed Faraz Ahmad top-scored with an unbeaten 130 off 54 balls, an innings that included seven sixes and 15 boundaries, while Abdullah Shah scored 111 off 63 balls, including four sixes and 10 fours. Jaahid Ali scored 110 with two sixes and eight boundaries. In reply, Golden Gymkhana were all out for 173 in 26.4 overs as Mohammad Yousuf scored 73. Musa Saleem picked up four wickets while Adnan Afridi bagged three.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 18^th, 2012.