Lahore Beat Nishat In National Veteran Cricket Cup

Golden Eagles beat Dar-e-Arqam by 53 Runs in 20th National Seniors Cricket Cup here at Shah Faisal Cricket ground on Thursday

LAHORE, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Jan, 2019 ) :Golden Eagles beat Dar-e-Arqam by 53 Runs in 20th National Seniors cricket Cup here at Shah Faisal Cricket ground on Thursday.

Batted first Golden Eagles hit up 247/5 in 30 overs. Saleem Elahi 77, Farhan Khan 74, Rizwan Aslam 19 and Muhammad Saeed 41 were their main run getters.

Malik Adeel 1/23, Israr Butt 1/26, Moazam Shah 1/33, Zahid Butt 1/36 and Sajjad Butt 1/37 were the main wicket takers from Dar-e-Arqam.

Dar-e-Arqam were bowled out at 194 in 27.3 overs and received support from Moazzam Shah 65 , Israr Butt 30, Jahangir Israr 29 and Tahir Mehmood 24. Tajamul Ch was the pick of the Golden Eagles bowlers claiming 4/17 and he got firm support from Dr. Afzal 3/35, Rauf Wain 2/43 and Salman Khan 1/30.

Qaiser Waheed and Muhammad Kaleem were the umpires and Waqar Ahmad was the scorer.

In the second match, Lahore Greens beat Nishat Eaglets by 8 wickets at Cricket Centre Ground.

Nishat Eaglets batting first 162 all out in 28.4 overs. Athar Mehmood 70 and Aslam Malik 23 emerged as top scorers. Lahore Greens bowling, Khurram Afzal 4/30, Abdul Waheed 3/29 and Arif Rasheed 2/17.

In reply, Lahore Greens answered with 163/2 in 18.4 overs. Abdul Waheed played well and hit beaten 92 as Khurram Afzal made 43. Muhammad Ashraf got 1/27 and Nadeem Mughal claimed 1/30.

Abdul Waheed was declared man of the match. Nadeem Ghouri, Muhammad Waqas were the umpires and Azhar Hussain was the scorer.