ISLAMABAD: Essco Club’s talented Munirur Rehman Tanzil smashed a powerful unbeaten 62-ball 104 to beat Asif Memorial Club by 79 runs in the NBP-ICA One-day Cricket Tournament here at Bhutto Cricket Ground. Essco also stamped their authority because of skipper Munirur who also claimed 2 wickets to completely torment hapless Asif Memorial at their home ground. Munir hit 10 fours and 5 sixes in his superb century. Scores in brief: Essco Club 286-6 in 38 overs (Munirur Rehman Tanzil 104 not out, Mohammad Naqash 61, Rizwan Ali 42, Mohammad Ali Salman 38; Al Imran 3-50, Kashif Majeed 2-55). Asif Memorial Club 207 in 36.1 overs (Muhammad Irfan 37, Mukarram Javed 35 not out, Kashif Majeed 34, Raheel Majeed 33; Hassan Ali 3-40, Noman Nazir 2-22, Munirur Rehman Tanzil 2-39, Muhammad Ali Salman 2-44). At Bhutto Ground: Lashings Club 302-6 in 40 overs (Hasan Nawaz 150 not out, Atif Iqbal 73, Saddam Achakzai 22; Qudratullah 2-44, Babar Ali Khan, Imran Khan Khattak, Nasir Khan shared one wicket each). Al-Fateh Club 239 in 34.4 overs (Waleed Iqbal 70, Umar Riaz 68, Imran Khan Khattak 25; Hussain 5-24, Atif Iqbl 2-19). At Diamond Club Ground: Diamond Club 291-6 in 40 overs (Ali Nadim 82, Usman Ashraf 76, Ali Sarfraz 61, Zohaib Ahmed 37; Sher Ali 2-30). All Youngstars Club 113 in 29 overs (Hanif Muhammad 30, Osama Bin Kausar 22; Junaid Bhatti 4-45, Arsal Shaikh 3-18). At National Ground: Junoon Club 239 in 40 overs (Arsalan Saeed 66, Ibrahim Rabbani 45, Shahid Ilyas 39; Javed Akhtar 3-34, Sulman Javed 2-51, Waqaf Shah 2-52, Almas Sulman 2-61). Young Capital 81 in 19 overs (Azam Khan 33; Imran Ilyas 6-9, Ibrahim Khan 2-41).
