NEW Medical Centre, who lost their opening match against UNB, regained their form to inflict a six-wicket win over ACA C.C. in the New Medical Centre (NMC) trophy tournament on Friday.

Electing to bat first, ACA got off to an inauspicious start as they lost their two wickets. But K. Zafarullah (73) and Shahid Rasheed (51) shared a 78-run partnership to steady the boat.

With valuable contribution from Awad (36) and a late flourish from Zakir Butt (44 n.o.), ACA finally compiled 281 for 9 in their allotted 50 overs. R Imtiaz and R Rajinder claimed two wickets each.

In reply, the defending champions achieved the target for the loss of four wickets in 48.3 overs.

Kashif Ghaury (64 off 85 balls with eight fours and one six), Saqib Ali (45 off 66 balls with six fours laid the foundation for the winners as the pair produced 128 for the second wicket.

Sandeep Dhuri played confidently hitting a 55-ball 66 runs studded with seven fours. With Vijay Mehra (62 n.o. off (61 balls) and Tariq (21 n.o.) remaining unbeaten, NMC reached the target for the loss of four wickets.

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Bowlers pave the way for Al Kabeer

A tight bowling display by Al Kabeer was the main feature in their 82-run victory over Emirates Cricket Coaching Centre (ECCC). Al Kabeer, batting first, scored 200, thanks mainly to a sparkling knock of 47 by Ahsan Tufail.

Rashid (3/34), Asif Malik (3/50) and Muralidharan Singh (2/39) were the successful bowlers.

ECCC were bowled out for 118 in 44.4 overs after man of the match Aamir Rafiq (3/10) got together with Kamran Durani (2/12) and Sajjad Butt (2/15) to have the ECCC batsmen struggling for runs. Except Tauseef Ahmed (4R), none of the ECCC batsmen could withstand the strong Al Kabeer bowling.

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Monday, November 13, 2000.
source : Gulf Today.

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