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| March 9, 2002 | Saturday | Zilhaj 24, 1422 |
Karachi ‘B’ beaten by one run in thriller
KARACHI, March 8: Karachi Blues suffered a thrilling one-run defeat against Gujranwala in a high-scoring National One-day Cricket Championship’s Pool ‘B’ tie at Jinnah Stadium in Gujranwala Friday.
Faisal Butt (106 off 121 balls, eight fours and three sixes) and Atiq-ur-Rehman (105 off 126 balls, 10 fours) put on 228 for the second wicket to help Gujranwala score 282 for three after being sent in.
The Blues, in reply, were dismissed for 281 in the 45th over despite fine knocks by opener Tariq Haroon (99 off 122 balls, 12 fours), pinch-hitter Imranullah (70 off 30 balls, eight fours and four sixes) and Atif Ali Zaidi (48 off 50 balls, four fours).
GUJRANWALA:
Faisal Butt run out 106
Ehtesham Younis lbw b Imran 0
Atiq-ur-Rehman lbw b Mansoor 105
Kamran Younis not out 30
Hafiz Khalid not out 13
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-4, W-13, NB-10) 28
TOTAL (for three wkts, 50 overs) 282
FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-230, 3-258.
DID NOT BAT: Basit Murtaza, Tariq Javed, Mohammad Shoaib, Adnan Farooq, Farooq Awan, Babar Siddique.
BOWLING: Imranullah 9-0-72-1; Rizwan Saeed 8-1-48-0; Mansoor Khan 9-1-41-1; Jaffar Qureshi 9-0-45-0; Haaris Ayaz 6-0-50-0; Tariq Haroon 4-0-21-0.
KARACHI BLUES:
Tariq Haroon c Basit b Shoaib 99
Nadeem Shaikh lbw b Farooq Awan 7
Imranullah c Adnan b Tariq 70
Atif Ali Zaidi b Adnan 48
Mansoor Khan b Adnan 4
Zahid Ghauri c Khalid b Adnan 12
Jaffar Qureshi c Basit b Shoaib 8
Shahid Dawood not out 15
Haaris Ayaz run out 1
Amin-ur-Rehman c Khalid b Shoaib 4
Rizwan Saeed run out 0
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-5, W-6, NB-1) 13
TOTAL (all out, 44.2 overs) 281
FALL OF WKTS: 1-16, 2-120, 3-206, 4-210, 5-236, 6-248, 7-265, 8-266, 9-270.
BOWLING: Adnan Farooq 9-0-49-3; Farooq Awan 5-0-33-1; Ehtesham Younis 2-0-23-0; Kamran Younis 9-0-55-0; Tariq Javed 5.2-0-41-2; Mohammad Shoaib 9-0-44-3; Babar Siddique 5-0-30-0.
RESULT: Gujranwala won by one run.
UMPIRES: Nadeem Ghauri and Sajjad Asghar.
MATCH REFEREE: Azmat Rana.
Results of other Pool ‘B’ matches:
*Sialkot beat Pak PWD by four wickets at Saga Ground, Sialkot
PAK PWD 300-6 in 50 overs (Bazid Khan 116, Imran Khan 50, Bilal Asad 35, Saad Wasim 33, Iqbal Imam 22 not out; Aamir Wasim 3-59);
SIALKOT 302-6 in 49.2 overs (Shahid Yousuf 93, Shahzad Malik 93, Shakeel Ansar 24 not out, Faisal Khan 24, Mubashir Dar 22; Tanvir Ahmed 3-60, Nadeem Iqbal 2-42).
*National Bank beat Sui Gas by five wickets at Lahore Country Club, Muridke
SUI GAS 237-8 in 43 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 70, Asim Munir 60, Mohammad Hussain 27; Shabbir Ahmed 2-39);
NATIONAL BANK 238-5 in 33.4 overs (Kamran Akmal 77, Hanif-ur-Rehman 54, Naumanullah 42 not out, Imran Nazir 31; Azhar Abbas 3-41, Mohammad Hussain 2-57).
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