BY TAYYAB BALAGAMWALA
OGS Shers v OGS Gladiators
Karachi April 20, 2017; OGS Shers (comprising of Streeton and Frere Houses) played against OGS Gladiators(comprising of Papworth and Napier houses) at Moin Khan Cricket Stadium. Shers batted first and lost Tayyab R. Balagamwala early but Saad with 30 and Zeeshan with 46 stabilized the innings and Taimoor Butt got 13 runs while Gladiators gave away 31 extras resulting in OGS Shers ending at 143 for six in 20 overs. For Gladiators, Ali Mufti bowled an extraordinary spell of two wickets for 13 runs while Farhan picked up two wickets and Hammad got a wicket.
In reply, Muhammad Malik was out after having scored 8 runs but Shehryar Qadir and Asad Jafri had a 90 run partnership as Asad Jafri got 45 runs while Shehryar Qadir hit a quick fire 51 off 26 balls in an innings which included 6 fours and two sixes at a strike rate of 196%. Imran Shah with 14 not out finished off the match as Gladiators had a comfortable chase and lost only 4 wickets in the process and won with more than 20 balls left to spare. For Shers, Usman, Ali, Saad and Umer Ghazi got a wicket each.
OGS Gladiators won by 6 wickets.
Man of the match: Shehryar Qadir (Gladiators)
Special Thanks to Sponsors
Danish Elahi, Tayyab R. Balagamwala, Sheryar Qadir,
Tariq Bin Aijaz,
OGS Sports Subcommittee
