MCC Blues outplays Budgam Reds by 4 wkts

Excelsior Sports CorrespondentSRINAGAR, Aug 11: MCC Blues Sopore trounced Budgam Reds by 4 wickets in an easy contest to move into the next round of the ongoing Parvaiz Qureshi Memorial Invitational Cricket Cup, being organised by Kashmir wing of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association at Kashmir University grounds, here.Batting first, Budgam Reds scored 151 runs in 37.1 overs, with Ashraf and Ahmed Fayaz contributing 29 and 27 runs to the total respectively. Waseem was the wrecker-in-chief for MCC Blues, who scalped 4 important wickets, while Rafiq claimed 3 wickets.In reply, MCC Blues chased the target in 37.4 overs by losing 6 wickets to win the match by 4 wickets. Idrees top scored with 55 runs, while Muzafar contributed valuable 49 runs to the total. For Budgam Reds, Latif Baba claimed 3 wickets, while Gulzar, Mohd Yasin and Ahmed Fayaz claimed one wicket apiece.The match was officiated by Mohd Rafiq and Ashiq Aziz as umpires, while Javed was the scorer.