Two matches decided in national veterans cricket cup

LAHORE, Mar 08 (APP):Amar Cables and Okara Seniors roared into the quarter finals of the 20th National Veterans Cricket Cup after winning their respective matches on Friday at different venues.
Amar Cables beat Muridke Tigers by 6 wickets and Okara Seniors beat Lahore Spartans by 7 wickets.
Brief scores, At cricket centre ground, Muridke Tigers batted first 218/6 in 30 overs. Maqsood Ahmad 63, Shahbaz Ahmad 39, Azhar Mehboob 36, Muhammad Afzal 42 and Naveed Ahmad 22. Amar Cables bowling: Rehan Rauf
3/38, Javed Khan 1/12, Waqas Ahmad 1/37 and Ahmad Shahab 1/23 wickets.
In reply, Amar Cables made 219/4 in 27 overs. Man of the match, Zahoor Elahi palyed well and scored 93, followed by Afzal Shah 63, Rehan Riaz 29.
Muridke Tigers bowling: Naveed Ahmad 2/39, Azhar Mehboob 1/25 and Umer Hassan 1/61. Muhammad Asif and Irfan Dilshad were the umpires and Sajid Usman was the scorer.