December 27, 2001	Thursday	Shawwal 11, 1422

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LAHORE, Dec 26: Fine bowling by paceman Fazle Akbar (4-17) and an unbeaten 46 by Shoaib Malik powered Pakistan ‘A’ to a convincing six-wicket win over Pakistan Seniors in the first  practice match at Gaddafi Stadium Tuesday.

The encounter was the part of the two-match practice  series between two teams aimed at to provide the Senior outfit practice before touring Bangladesh from Jan 2.

Fazle Akbar who was not included in the Bangladesh-bound team  despite  performing outstandingly in the domestic competition, sent down nine overs, three of them were maiden, to  claim four wickets as Pakistan Seniors were shot out for a paltry 127 in  36.5 overs. Promising pace bowlers Abdur  Rauf  and Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan also bowled well taking two wickets each  for 34 and 38 runs.

Inzamam-ul-Haq, who led the Pakistan Seniors,  won the toss and elected to bat first but his decision backfired as Fazle Akbar removed  Shadab Kabir, Naved Latif, Abdur  Razzaq and Rashid  Latif.

Pakistan ‘A’, thanks to a breezy unbeaten 46 by Shoaib Malik, reached the target in 30.5 overs.

The second match will be played at Murdike Thursday.

Scoreboard

PAKISTAN SENIORS:

Taufiq Umar run out 28

Shadab Kabir c Hasan b Fazle 5

Naved Latif c Kamran b Fazle 32

Younis Khan c Kamran b Rana Naveed 6

Faisal Iqbal lbw b A. Rauf 2

Inzamam-ul-Haq c Imran b A. Rauf 18

Abdur Razzaq c Kamran b Fazle 0

Rashid Latif c Imran b Fazle 0

Wasim Akram not out 18

Saqlain Mushtaq run out 10

Shoaib Akhtar c Kamran b Rana Naveed 0

EXTRAS (LB-2, W-5, NB-1) 8

TOTAL (all out, 36.5 overs) 127

FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-55, 3-67, 4-69, 5-93, 6-93, 7-97, 8-98, 9-121.

BOWLING: Azhar Mahmood 8-1-26-0; Fazle Akbar 9-3-17-4; Abdur Rauf 9-0-34-2; Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 8.5-1-38-2; Shoaib Malik

2-0-10-0.

PAKISTAN ‘A’

Imran Nazir lbw b Sami 20

Imran Farhat b Shoaib 0

Ijaz Ahmad Jr retired hurt 8

Bazid Khan lbw b Naved 5

Hasan Raza c Rashid b Sami 7

Azhar Mahmood not out 24

Shoaib Malik not out 46

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, W-9, NB-5) 21

TOTAL (for four wkts, 30.5 overs) 131

FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-39, 3-43, 4-58.

DID NOT BAT: Kamran Akmal, Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan, Abdur Rauf, Fazle Akbar.

BOWLING: Wasim Akram 6-1-6-0; Shoaib Akhtar 7-2-29-1; Mohammad Sami 7-0-37-2; Abdur Razzaq 1-0-1-0; Naved Latif 5-0-19-1; Saqlain Mushtaq 3.5-0-23-0; Danish Kaneria 1-0-9-0.