Karachi Gymkhana beat Omar Gladiators in festival match

KARACHI: Karachi Gymkhana Veterans overpowered Omar Gladiators Veterans by 31 runs in a festival cricket match played here the other day at Karachi Gymkhana.

The match was organised by Pakistan Veterans Cricket Association (PVCA).

Karachi Gymkhana elected to bat and put on board an impressive score of 211 runs for seven wickets in stipulated 25 overs.

S M Sameer was the top scorer with 60 runs, which came off only 36 balls. Saleem Parekh scored an unbeaten 39-run knock off 35 balls. Azhar Khan scored 27 runs and Agha Arsalan 22 not out.

Amir Hameed took two wickets for 14 runs and Fawad Ijaz Khan two for 55. Skipper Nadeem Omar and Rashid Ali took one wicket each for 44 and 14, respectively.

Omar Gladiators were all out for 180 in 24.3 overs. Skipper Nadeem Omar and Fawad Ijaz Khan put on 38 runs in the opening partnership. Fawad scored 20 and Nadeem 16. Fayyaz Ahmed scored 46 runs off 21 balls and former ODI player Sajid Ali scored 32 runs off 27 balls. Akhtar Muneer, Kamran Hussain and Altaf Agha took two wickets each.