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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.
