Fact Date Engineering Edge out Airport Gymkhana in 18th National Senior Cup

Karachi(Cliff News)Karachi Fact Date Engineering edged out Karachi Airport Gymkhana by one wicket in the latest fixture the 18th National Seniors Cup Cricket Tournament 2016-17 here at the NayaNazimabad Lawai Stadium the other day.A record number of 111 teams from all parts of the country are contesting the tournament being organized by the Pakistan Veterans Cricket Association (PVCA) for the 18th year running. Put into bat, Karachi Airport Gymkhana scored 146 for nine in the allotted 20 overs. Karachi Fact Date Engineering, after a solid start, lost wickets at regular intervals before reaching their last pair reached the target on the final ball of the innings.Karachi Airport Gymkhana reached a competitive total mainly due to the 84-run fourth wicket stand betweenSagheer Abbas (51 off 43 balls) andZafar Ali (30 off 37 balls. They collapsed against the left-arm spin of RizwanQureshi, who claimed five wickets for 17 runs off four overs.The 65-run second wicket stand between opener Khurram Ameen (36 off 41 balls) and Mohammaf Javed (37 off 25 balls) put Karachi Fact Date Engineering in commanding position. Medium-pacer Wasimuddin (3-22) and leg-spinner Zafar Ali (2-26) opened up the game by taking quick wickets and Karachi Fact Date Engineering still needed 22 runs for victory when the eighth wicket fell.The last pair of Imran Ansari and Saqib Mohammad kept their cool in the final over to take Karachi Fact Date Engineering over the line.