SPM Stags opened the new cricket season with three wickets win over SPM Bucks at Government College Ground, Lahore on Monday. Bucks managed 183-9 in 30 overs with Ashfaq Aslam 45, Jamshed Siddiqui 36, Saud Cheema 25, Nadeem Aslam 21, Ashfaq Ahmed 13. Iftikhar Ahmed took 2-27, Qadeer Shah 2-32, Javed Hayat 1-33. Stags reached the target with 186-7 in 29.1 overs.
Qadeer made 45, Aizad Sayid 23, Kamran Khan 35, Asad Iqbal 36, Javed Hayat 24, Fiaz Hyder 16, Zia Uddin 11*. For Buck Zahid Khan 3-31, Javed 2-25, Jehangir 1-25 were successful bowlers. Man of the Match award was given to Qadeer Shah.