KARACHI: Inspired by unbeaten centuries from Idrees Mirza and Waqar Haris, Golden Gymkhana outclassed TMC CC in the KCCA President Cup fixture at the TMC Ground here on Monday.

Chasing a tall target of 294, Golden Gymkhana romped home in the 36th over with Idrees hammering 136 (106 balls, 21 boundaries) and Waqar 100 (75 balls, seven fours and five sixes).

Sohaib Ghauri hit 92 (54 balls, 15 boundaries) to help Hamdam CC beat New Karachi Gymkhana by seven wickets at the KCCA Stadium.

In another match at the KGA Gymkhana Ground, Nayab CC scored a six-wicket win over Bright CC.

Summarised scores:

Golden Gymkhana beat TMC CC by six wickets at TMC Ground.

TMC CC 293 in 44.5 overs (Ashfaq Rashid 88, Owais Khan 54, Ehtesham Israr 52; Ijaz Khan 3-66, Anas Jaffri 2-44, Murtaza 2-53, M. Bashir 2-56); GOLDEN GYMKHANA 294-4 in 35.4 overs (Idrees Mirza 136 not out, Waqar Haris 100 not out; Zahid Ayaz 2-33, Salman Sikander 2-35).

Hamdam CC beat New Karachi Gymkhana by seven wickets at KCCA Stadium.

NEW KARACHI GYMKHANA 162 in 42 overs (Wajahat Kamal 41, Mahmood Ali 28 Khizer Masood 22; Umar Khan 3-12, Abdul Qadir 2-18, Sajid Lakhani 2-33); HAMDAM CC 163-3 in 23 overs (Sohaib Ghauri 92, M. Zeeshan 25, Abdul Qadir 22; Mahmood Ali 2-13).

Nayab CC beat Bright CC by six wickets at KGA Gymkhana Ground.

BRIGHT CC 165 in 32.4 overs (Abdul Rehman 52, M. Tufail 42; Tauqir Rafiq 3-24, M. Farhan 3-33, Maqbool Ahmed 2-7); NAYAB CC 167-4 in 27.1 overs (Abid Ali 78, Abdul Rehman 21; Abbas Naqvi 2-38).

Published in Dawn December 10th , 2014

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