KARACHI:OpenerUmair Tariq stole limelight with a brilliant unbeaten innings of 90 as Nixor College trounced The Lyceum School by eight wickets in the opening fixture of the fifth Bilal Bhaty Inter-school/collegiate T20 cricket tournament here on Wednesday.

After opting to bat first at the Al Nadi Al Burhani Ground, The Lyceum School posted 166-6 with skipper Uzaifa Mahmood scoring 46 off 29 balls with the help of three sixes and as many boundaries.

Nixor College, in reply, raced to victory reaching 168-2 in 18.4 overs. Lefthander Umair led the charge by striking 14 boundaries in his man-of-the-match knock from only 59 balls.

Summarised scores: TIIE LYCEUM SCIIOOL 166-6 in 20 overs (Uzall`a Mahmood 46; Mohammad Ilasan Lalpuria 2-24, llamza Asif 2-31); N1XOR COl 1 liGli 168-2 in 18.4 overs (Umair Tariq 90 not out. Jam Zain Ali 38, Umar Khan 28).