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LAHORE, March 16: A fine all-round performance by Lahore Blues skipper Tariq Mahmood failed to save his team from narrow one wicket defeat against Rest of Punjab in the Pool ‘C’ match of the National One-day Cricket Championship at LCCA Ground Saturday.
Tariq first hit a fine 124 off 106 deliveries to help Lahore Blues pile up 301 for six in the stipulated 50 overs and then claimed three for 58. But his heroics proved futile as Punjab reached their target by scoring 302 for nine.
Sufian Munir was Punjab’s hero. He scored 79 off 78 balls with six boundaries.
LAHORE BLUES:
Haroon Rasheed c Kashif b Fayyaz 23
Muntazar Mehdi c Fayyaz b Khurram 46
Shahnawaz Malik b Khurram 26
Tariq Mahmood c Fazil b Fayyaz 124
Adnan Usman c Shahid b Fayyaz 32
Salman Khan run out 0
Imran Sabir not out 13
Khurram Siddique not out 10
EXTRAS (LB-8, W-15, NB-4) 27
TOTAL (for six wkts, 50 overs) 301
FALL OF WKTS; 1-52, 2-106, 3-141, 4-258, 5-268, 6-281.
DID NOT BAT: Nasir Siddiqui, Wahab Riaz, Azhar Ali.
BOWLING: Asim Butt 10-0-76-0; Fayyaz Hashmat 10-0-60-3; Rizwan Ahmed 10-2-36-0; Usman Siddique 3-0-19-0; Khurram Shahzad 10-1-62-2; Wasim Majeed 7-0-40-0.
REST OF PUNJAB:
Rizwan Ahmed c Imran b Tariq 67
Zeeshan Khan c Wahab b Adnan 22
Shahid Nasim b Salman 30
Sufian Munir lbw b Tariq 79
Wasim Majeed c and b Salman 16
Kashif Naveed b Tariq 24
Mohammad Fazil not out 29
Fayyaz Hashmat c Nasir b Azhar 1
Usman Siddique c and b Salman 2
Asim Butt b Khurram 15
Khurram Shahzad not out 2
EXTRAS (LB-12, W-1, NB-2) 15
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 49.4 overs) 302
FALL OF WKTS: 1-34, 2-121, 3-124, 4-156, 5-229, 6-257, 7-26, 8-264, 9-295.
BOWLING: Wahab Riaz 1-0-19-0; Imran Sabir 3-0-30-0; Adnan Usman 5-0-36-1; Tariq Mahmood 10-0-58-3; Khurram Siddique 10-0-52-1; Salman Khan 10-0-39-3; Azhar Ali 10-1-51-1; Muntazar Mehdi 0.4-0-5-0.
RESULT: Rest of Punjab won by one wicket.
UMPIRES: Salim Badar and Feroz Butt.
MATCH REFEREE: Mian Pervez.
Results of other Pool ‘C’ matches:
*Habib Bank beat Sargodha by 100 runs at Sports Stadium, Sargodha
HABIB BANK 281-4 in 50 overs (Saleem Elahi 115 not out, Taufiq Umer 52, Ijaz Ahmed Sr 47, Imran Farhat 21; Ashraf Bashir 2-41);
SARGODHA 181 in 42.4 overs (Mohammad Ali 56, Tariq Munir 32, Shahid Mahmood 27, Ashraf Bashir 21; Shahid Afridi 5-36, Abdul Rehman 2-30, Danish Kaneria 2-46).
*Wapda beat Faisalabad by eight wickets at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
FAISALABAD 163-9 in 50 overs (Mohammad Jamil 35, Mohammad Salman 34, Sibtain Badar 25; Sarfraz Ahmed 4-33, Adil Nisar 2-26);
WAPDA 164-2 in 28 overs (Riffatullah 74, Rizwan Malik 51 not out, Adil Nisar 34).
