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| September 29, 2002 | Sunday | Rajab 21, 1423 |
Yasir, Naved spur Pakistan ‘A’
MULTAN, Sept 28: Pakistan ‘A’ coasted to a comfortable 51-run victory over their Sri Lankan counterparts in the first one-day match at Multan Cricket Stadium here Saturday.
Sri Lanka ‘A’ were bowled out for 206 in 48 overs despite Michael Vandort’s 86-ball 77. The left-hander hit 11 fours.
For Pakistan spinner Qaiser Abbas was the most successful bowler claiming three wickets for 40 runs.
He was well supported by Nafaj Shah and Junaid Zia who picked up two wickets each for 22 and 41 runs.
Earlier, after being sent in, Pakistan ‘A’ recovered from 83 for three in the 21st over to reach 257 for six.
The highlights of the innings being 122-run partnership between Yasir Hameed and Naved Latif.
Yasir made 70 off 114 balls with just two fours. Naved, by far the more aggressive, dominated the fourth-wicket stand by lashing 89 off only 83 deliveries.
His knock was spiced with 10 fours and three sixes.
PAKISTAN ‘A’:
Babar Naeem c Fernando b de Silva 4
Salman Butt lbw b Samaraweera 33
Kamran Sajid run out 9
Yasir Hameed run out 70
Naved Latif b Ranjith 89
Moin Khan c S’ratne b Ranjith 20
Qaiser Abbas not out 3
Yasir Arafat not out 8
EXTRAS (LB-3, W-14, NB-4) 21
TOTAL (for six wkts, 50 overs) 257
FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-35, 3-83, 4-205, 5-243, 6-247.
DID NOT BAT: Junaid Zia, Umar Gul, Najaf Shah.
BOWLING: De Silva 9-0-50-1 (1nb, 9w); Ranjith 10-0-45-2 (3nb, 1w); Gamage10-0-48-0 (1w); Samaraweera 9-0-46-1 (2w); Jayasinghe 9-1-40-0; Mubarak 3-0-25-0.
SRI LANKA ‘A’:
D.A. Gunawardena b Najaf 15
M.G. Vandort b Qaiser 77
M.N. Nawaz c Moin b Y. Arafat 6
Seneviratne c Y. Hameed b Junaid 5
J. Mubarak c Moin b Junaid 5
T.T. Samaraweera c Qaiser b Najaf 35
C.S. Fernando lbw b Qaiser 16
C.U. Jayasinghe c Moin b Y. Arafat 2
C. Gamage b Qaiser 11
P.N. Ranjith not out 13
W.R.S. de Silva c Junaid b Babar 4
EXTRAS (LB-6, W-11) 17
TOTAL (all out, 48 overs) 206
FALL OF WKTS: 1-41, 2-79, 3-86, 4-95, 5-134, 6-159, 7-162, 8-186, 9-196.
BOWLING: Umar Gul 7-0-36-0 (2w); Najaf Shah 8-1-32-2 (3w); Junaid Zia 10-1-41-2 (4w); Yasir Arafat 10-0-32-2 (1w); Kamran Sajid 2-0-16-0; Qaiser Abbas 10-0-40-3 (1w); Babar Naeem 1-0-3-1.
UMPIRES: Salim Badar and Asad Rauf.
TV UMPIRE: Islam Khan.
MATCH REFEREE: Anwar Khan.
SECOND MATCH: Faisalabad, Tuesday.
THIRD MATCH: Lahore, Wednesday.
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