Pakistan XI triumph

Published December 24, 2005

KARACHI, Dec 23: Former Pakistan captain Aamer Sohail slammed an attacking 78 in Pakistan XI’s 24-run victory over an India XI in Earthquake Fund-Raising match at Gujranwala on Friday.

Both Pakistan and India team included several former Test cricketers.

Summarized scores:

Pakistan XI 219-7 in 30 overs (Aamer Sohail 78, Salim Malik 45, Shoaib Muhammad 30; V.Raju 3-21, Sunil Joshi 2-36)

India 195 all out in 29.5 overs (Amarjeet Kaypee 49, Atul Wasan 40, Robin Singh 20,; Wasim Akram 2-15, Shoaib Muhammad 2-29)

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