Wapda crush HBL

Published November 11, 2001

LAHORE, Nov 10: Wapda gained full 12 points after beating Habib Bank by seven wickets in the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I fixture which ended 25 minutes after lunch on the third day at the Gaddafi Stadium Saturday.

Wapda lost three wickets for 67 runs before skipper Adil Nisar struck nine fours in his 46 to help his side reach 111 without further loss in the fourth wicket stand of 44 with Shoaib Khan.

Scoreboard

HABIB BANK (1st Innings) 61 (Waqas Ahmed 6-22).

WAPDA (1st Innings) 186.

HABIB BANK (2nd Innings) 234 (Waqas Ahmed 7-84).

WAPDA (2nd Innings, overnight 3-0):

Riffatullah lbw b Sajid 8

Kashif Rasheed c Tahir b Shahid 28

Adil Nisar not out 46

Rizwan Malik c Shahid b Irfan 2

Shoaib Khan not out 9

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-7, W-1, NB-7) 17

TOTAL (for three wkts, 31 overs) 111

FALL OF WKTS: 1-35, 2-47, 3-67.

BOWLING: Kabir Khan 2-1-1-0; Shahid Nazir 11-2-25-1; Irfan Fazil 7-1-27-1; Sajid Shah 8-0-34-1; Imran Farhat 2-0-14-0; Asadullah Butt 1-0-1-0.

RESULT: Wapda won by seven wickets.

UMPIRES: M. Nazir Junior and Sajjad Asghar.

MATCH REFEREE: Ishtiaq Ahmed.

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