Amar Cables, Okara advance in veterans cricket

Our correspondent

LAHORE: Two matches were decided in 20th National Veterans Cricket Cup Central Punjab here. Amar Cables beat Muridke Tigers by 6 wickets at Cricket Centre Ground. Scores: Muridke Tigers 218/6 in 30 overs (Maqsood Ahmad 63, Shahbaz Ahmad 39, Azhar Mehboob 36, M Afzal 42*, Naveed Ahmad 22*, Rehan Rauf 3/38).

Amar Cables 219/4 in 27 overs (Zahoor Elahi 93, Rehan Riaz 29, Afzal Shah 63*, Naveed Ahmad 2/39). Zahoor Elahi declared man of the match. In another match Okara Seniors beat Lahore Spartans by 7 wickets at Gymkhana Ground Okara. Scores: Lahore Spartans 165/9 in 30 overs (Asfar Khan 38,Imtiaz Anwar 20, M Siddique 27, Hafiz Waseem 30*, M Hafeez 3/25, Abid Hussain 2/22). Okara Seniors 166/3 in 19.2 overs (M Hafeez 65*, M Irfan 41*, Kashif Riaz 31). M Hafeez emerged man of the match.