Zeeshan Secondary, Qadri Model schools win

KARACHI: Zeeshan Secondary School and Qadri Model School won their matches in the Omar Trophy Inter-School Cricket Tournament 2016, being organised by the Pakistan Veterans Cricket Association (PVCA).

Zeeshan Secondary School defeated St Paul’s English High School by four wickets at the KCCA Stadium and Qadri Model School overwhelmed Qamar-e-Bani Hashim School by six wickets at the TMC Ground to inch closer towards securing a place in the quarter-finals.

Electing to bat first after winning the toss, St Paul’s

English High School scored 185 for nine in 40 overs against Zeeshan Secondary School.

St Paul’s English High School were helped by 51 extras, which included 38 wides.

Sohaib Sameer (30 off 49 balls) and opener Umar Abdullah (27 off 51) were the leading scorers.

The wickets were shared by off-spinner Mohammad Muneeb (2-27) and medium pacers Mohammad Faizan (2-27) and Mohammad Bilal (2-30).

Zeeshan Secondary School were in a spot of bother at 63 for three before being rescued by Mohammad Muneeb and Haris Ijaz, who added 65 for the fourth wicket.

Muneeb departed after scoring 30 off 46 balls but Haris, adjudged Man of the Match, continued to dominate the bowling and his 47-ball 69 turned the tide decisively in Zeeshan Secondary School’s favour. He struck two sixes and seven fours.

He added 51 for the fifth wicket with Mohammad Bilal, who returned undefeated on 21 off 26 balls as the winning runs came in the 33rd over.

Abdul Basit’s fine all-round performance helped Qadri Model School to overpower Qamar-e-Bani Hashim School in the other match of the day.

Qamar-e-Bani Hashim School, who batted first, were bowled out for 97 in 23.1 overs with Mr Extras (25) being the top scorer. Opener Mohammad Taqi (17 off 28 balls) and Haider Ali Zaidi (17 off 19 balls) offered some resistance but they lost their nine wickets for only 51.

Medium-pacer Aurangzeb Ahmed (3-29) was the pick of the bowlers with the spin trio of Abdul Basit (2-15), Saad Bin Yousuf (2-15) and Azizullah (2-18) doing the rest.

Qadri Model School needed only 9.5 overs to knock off the target with Abdul Basit making 32 off 20 balls, hitting one six and five fours. He was declared Man of the Match.