Atif shines for Touchme XI

KARACHI: Touchme XI overpowered Omar Colts by nine wickets in their Group C encounter of the Karachi Gymkhana Omar Associates Ramazan Festival Twenty20 here at the Karachi Gymkhana Cricket Ground on Saturday.
Put into bat, Omar Colts were bowled out for 90 in 18.3 overs with Mohammad Imran (26 off 29 balls) and Mohammad Irfan (21 off 14 balls) being the major scorers. The bowling honours were shared by off-spinners Atif Maqbool (2-6) and Salman Ali (2-18), left-arm spinner Azam Hussain (2-20) and medium-pacer Imran Ali (2-20).
Touchme XI lost skipper Khalid Latif early but the unbroken 67-run second wicket partnership between opener Sharjeel Khan, who hammered three sixes and eight fours in his unbeaten 56 off 33 balls, and Salman Ali, who remained undefeated on 27 off 16 balls, allowed them to reach the target in just 9.4 overs.
Atif was adjudged Man of the Match for his outstanding four overs in which he gave away only six runs and picked up a couple of wickets.