Wapda also through

Published March 21, 2002

KARACHI, March 20: Wapda scored a crushing 251-run victory against Sheikhupura Wednesday in the Pool ‘C’ tie at Sheikhupura Stadium to move into the final round of the one-day championship.

Scoreboard

WAPDA:

Riffatullah c Umer b Zakaullah 71

Kashif Rasheed c Shahid b Zakaullah 86

Adil Nisar b Humayun 33

Tariq Aziz c Humayun b Zakaullah 10

Rizwan Malik not out 58

Shiraz Butt c Naeem b Ahsan 16

Sarfraz Ahmed c Umer b Ahsan 23

Raees Amjad not out 0

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-15, W-33, NB-5) 54

TOTAL (for six wkts, 50 overs) 351

FALL OF WKTS: 1-156, 2-205, 3-229, 4-251, 5-286, 6-351.

DID NOT BAT: Zahid Umer, Kashif Raza, Aslam Qureshi.

BOWLING: Umer Saleem 8-0-64-0; Mohammad Naeem 10-0-54-0; Humayun Shaukat 9-1-63-1; Mubarak Ali 6-0-40-0; Zakaullah 10-0-66-3; Ahsan Virk 6-0-40-2; Khalil Ahmed 1-0-8-0.

SHEIKHUPURA:

Kaleemullah lbw b Raees 19

Khalil Ahmed c Rizwan b Raees 7

Shahid Naseer c Riffat b Kashif Raza 16

Ahsan Virk b Adil 27

Humayun Shaukat lbw b Kashif Raza 2

Sajjad Ali run out 0

Mubarak Ali lbw b Aslam 1

Sohail Shahzad run out 6

Umer Saleem not out 3

Zakaullah c Aslam b Adil 0

Mohammad Naeem run out 0

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-1, W-15, NB-2) 19

TOTAL (all out, 36 overs) 100

FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-47, 3-51, 4-63, 5-65, 6-66, 7-88, 8-94, 9-94.

BOWLING: Sarfraz Ahmed 6-0-18-0; Raees Amjad 7-1-29-2; Kashif Raza 5-1-10-2; Aslam Qureshi 7-3-12-1; Tariq Aziz 7-0-21-0; Adil Nisar 3-1-7-2; Kashif Rasheed 1-0-1-0.

Results of other Pool ‘C’ matches:

*Habib Bank beat Lahore Blues by 157 runs at LCCA Ground, Lahore

HABIB BANK 327-7 in 50 overs (Hasan Raza 102 not out, Shahid Afridi 87, Sajid Shah 28 not out, Atiq-uz-Zaman 25, Farhan Adil 20; Nazir Ahmed 3-45 Aziz-ur-Rahman 2-43);

LAHORE BLUES 170 in 49.3 overs (Javed Miandad 97 not out, Afzal Shah 28; Danish Kaneria 5-24, Abdul Rehman 2-24).

*Rest of Punjab beat Faisalabad by six wickets at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad

FAISALABAD 220-9 in 50 overs (Mohammad Saleem 51, Sami-ul-Haq 46, Sabir Hussain 26; Majid Majeed 3-39, Khurram Shahzad 2-35, Wasim Majeed 2-50);

REST OF PUNJAB 225-4 in 41.3 overs (Rizwan Ahmed 74, Sufian Munir 60 not out, Sajid Waheed 42, Kashif Naved 28 not out; Mohammad Zaman 2-34).

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