Our correspondent
ISLAMABAD Classic Club crushed Lashings Club by 138 runs to enter final of the NBP-ICA One-Day Cricket Tournament 2017 here at the National Cricket Ground on Thursday.
Classic proved too good for Lashings. Classic set a target of 264-9 in 39 overs. Sajawal Riaz (66), Waid Ali (44) and Ali Nadim (42) performed well. Lashings failed to make a match of it by getting all out for 126 in 28 overs with Asjad Nawaz (3-25), Muhammad Nadeem Sr (2-6) and Muhammad Shayan Shaikh (2-19) bowling well.
Scores in brief: At National Cricket Ground: Classic Club 264-9 in 39 overs (Sajawal Riaz 66, Wajid Ali 44, Ali Nadim 42, Muhammad Nadim Sr 36, Usman Khan 25; Atif Iqbal 3-30, Aqib Javed 2-44, Hassan Nawaz 1-16, Ubaidur Rehman 1-24, Yasir Fida 1-40) v Lashings Club 126 in 28 overs (Ubaidur Rehman 28, Yasir Fida 25, Hassan Nawaz 19; Asjad Nawaz 3-25, Muhammad Nadim Sr 2-6, Muhammad Shayan Shaikh 2-19, Nadim Jr 1-26).
At Bhutto Ground: CRA Club 139 in 28 overs (Saeed Ahmed 41, Muhammad Naseer 36; Haris Ahmed 3-25, Syed Muzammil Shah 2-4, Sohail Khan 2-15, Atif Amin Butt 1-51) v Punjab Club 140-5 in 22.4 overs (Inayat Ali 32, Tariq Nawaz 31 not out, Sohail Khan 23, Yasin Zaman 18; Saeed Ahmed 2-45, Shakeel Akbar 1-10, Stephon John 1-23). Result: Punjab Club beat CRA Club by five wickets.