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| October 25, 2001 | Thursday | Shaba'an 7, 1422 |
Wapda beat PIA by 98 runs
KARACHI, Oct 24: Wapda recorded their second win in the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I National Cricket Championship when they defeated PIA by 98 runs at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Wednesday.
Wapda’s victory lift them into eighth spot in the standings, above ADBP and Sui Gas, says a message here.
PIA looked on course to save the match when they reached 105 for one in pursuit of a target of 322 but like in the first innings, the middle-order fell like a pack of cards.
Only Mahmood Hamid, who was promoted to No 3, batted with some conviction to compile exactly 50 in 134 minutes off 87 deliveries. Opener Sohail Jaffar (45 off 75 balls) and Yasir Hameed (39 off 85 balls) were able to pass 20.
Wickets were evenly shared among the Wapda pace quartet. Faisal Irfan captured three for 43 while Kashif Raza, Raees Amjad and Kamran Hussain took two wickets conceding 47, 56 and 59 runs respectively.
WAPDA (1st Innings) 331 (Rizwan Malik 82, Shoaib Khan 79 not out; Fazle Akbar 4-84).
PIA (1st Innings) 195 (Ghulam Ali 67; Raees Amjad 4-67).
WAPDA (2nd Innings) 185 (Shoaib Khan 52; Nadeem Afzal 5-51, Ali Gohar 4-31).
PIA (2nd Innings):
Sohail Jaffar c Kashif Raza b Raees 45
Ghulam Ali c Kamran b Kashif Raza 12
Mahmood Hamid c and b Kamran 50
Asif Mujtaba c Zahid b Faisal 10
Faisal Iqbal c Kamran b Kashif Raza 10
Yasir Hameed run out 39
Moin Khan c Kashif Raza b Raees 14
Nadeem Afzal lbw b Faisal 1
Mohammad Zahid Jr lbw b Faisal 3
Fazle Akbar b Kamran 0
Ali Gohar not out 4
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-14, W-6, NB-11) 35
TOTAL (all out, 62.5 overs) 223
FALL OF WKTS: 1-28, 2-105, 3-137, 4-137, 5-162, 6-178, 7-199, 8-216, 9-219.
BOWLING: Kashif Raza 17-3-47-2; Kamran Hussain 14-2-59-2; Faisal Irfan 16.5-3-43-3; Raees Amjad 15-3-56-2.
RESULT: Wapda won by 98 runs.
UMPIRES: Aleem Dar and Asad Rauf.
MATCH REFEREE: Abdul Sami.
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