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| October 10, 2002 | Thursday | Sha’aban 3, 1423 |
Najaf grabs hat trick as Pindi triumph
RAWALPINDI, Oct 9: Opener Waqas Zafar hammered a century and strike bowler Najaf Shah claimed a hat trick to help Rawalpindi score a crushing 112-run victory against Kohat in the National Junior (Under-19) One-day Tournament Wednesday.
Waqas struck nine boundaries in his knock of 102 that took him 136 deliveries as Rawalpindi piled up 242 for nine off their 50 overs at Rawalpindi Stadium. The other notable scorer for the home side was Shoaib Nasir who contributed 40 with three hits to the ropes.
The chief wicket-taker for Kohat was right-arm pacer Shams-ul-Qamar who captured three for 43 with his strike partner Shahid Zaman taking two for 44.
When Kohat batted, Najaf winged in to wreck their middle order, bowling out Habib Rasool (18) and Shahzad Khan (0) off the last two deliveries in one over and then returned to complete his hat trick in the following over, sending back Fawwad Shah for just two runs.
He had earlier trapped top-scorer Ehtesham Bukhari leg before for 33 as the left-armer returned figures of four for 30 off his 10 overs, three of which were maiden. Shahid Mahmood also bowled well to pick up three for 50.
Rawalpindi’s victory was their second in a row in the tournament and they now face Fata in their next match at the same venue to decide who qualify for the triangular series from this pool.
Our Sports Reporter adds from Karachi: It was a miserable day for both Karachi teams as they suffered unexpected defeats.
Karachi Whites lost to Bahawalpur by 12 runs at UBL Sports Complex after making a hash of a target of only 152.
Karachi Blues, meanwhile, were bundled out for 99 with pacer Shaukat Ali claiming five for 35 in the other tie at National Stadium.
Quetta lost six wickets before victory was finally achieved in the 27th over.
Bahawalpur remain the only unbeaten side in this group. A win over Karachi Blues on Friday will see them through to the tri-series in Lahore.
Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: Lahore Blues defeated Islamabad by 70 runs at Gaddafi Stadium after twin brothers Asim Ijaz and Atif Ijaz shared a fifth-wicket partnership of 148.
Asim, who remained unbeaten on 89, and the left-handed Atif (81) came together after the home team had lost the first four wickets for just 38 runs.
Lahore Blues’ total of 226 for five proved too much for Islamabad, who were bowled out for 156 in 43.4 overs.
The qualifiers from this pool will be decided on Friday when Lahore Blues face Sheikhupura, winners by 50 runs against Lahore Whites on Wednesday.
*At National Stadium, Karachi:
Quetta beat Karachi Blues by four wickets.
KARACHI BLUES 99 in 37.2 overs (Fawwad Alam 27; Qasim Khan 5-35, Umar Ali 2-12, Arun Lal 2-38);
QUETTA 101-6 in 26.5 overs (Arun Lal 22 not out, Ehteshamuddin 22; Mohammad Saleem 3-29, Mansoor Ali 2-24).
*At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi:
Bahawalpur beat Karachi Whites by 12 runs.
BAHAWALPUR 151 n 46 overs (Adnan Tipu 39 not out, Mohammad Asif Iqbal 28; Aftab Ahmed 3-33, Faraz Ahmed Khan 2-24, Tabish Khan 2-31, Sharif Asadullah 2-36);
KARACHI WHITES 139 in 41.1 overs (Faraz Patel 37, Faraz Ahmed Khan 22, Tabish Khan 22; Fahad-ur-Rehman 3-4, Mohammad Adnan 2-14, Mohammad Asif 2-18, Shahid Abbasi 2-23).
*At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar:
Fata beat Peshawar by two wickets.
PESHAWAR 193 in 47.2 overs (Naeem-ur-Rehman 46, Abdul Nasir 40, Zohaib Khan 30; Riaz Khan 4-45, Hilal Afridi 3-16, Seemab Hussain 3-26);
FATA 197-8 in 49.2 overs (Samar Gul 52, Johar Hussain 44, Naveed Ahmed 40 not out, Asif Afridi 27 not out; Abdul Nasir 3-52, Shaharyar Khan 2-18, Adnan Shahab 2-33).
*At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi:
Rawalpindi beat Kohat by 112 runs.
RAWALPINDI 242-9 in 50 overs (Waqas Zafar 102, Shoaib Nasir 40, Ihsan Khan 25, Afzal Javed 23 not out, Osama Shabbir 21; Shams-ul-Qamar 3-43, Shahid Zaman 2-44);
KOHAT 130 in 41.4 overs (S. Ehtesham Bukhari 33; Najaf Shah 4-30, Shahid Mahmood 3-50).
*At Sheikhupura Stadium, Sheikhupura:
Sheikhupura beat Lahore Whites by 50 runs.
SHEIKHUPURA 202 in 48.4 overs (Shahid Siddique 41, Javed Hussain 29, Kashif Imran 24, Nawaz Sardar 24 not out; Imran Siddique 2-31, Yasir Hashmi 2-39, Sohail Ahmed 2-39);
LAHORE WHITES 152 in 43.2 overs (Arshad Munir 38, Zeeshan Mustafa 33; Khalil Ahmed 2-19, Ali Aslam 2-24, Nasir Malik 2-30, Nawaz Sardar 2-30, Suleman Ali 2-36).
*At Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore:
Lahore Blues beat Islamabad by 70 runs.
LAHORE BLUES 226-5 in 50 overs (Asim Ijaz 89 not out, Atif Ijaz 81, Fahad-ul-Haq 20 not out; Saif-ur-Rehman 4-38);
ISLAMABAD 156 in 43.4 overs (Shakir Mahmood 63, Mohammad Altaf 28, Fiaz Ahmed 28; Azhar Ali 3-31, Raheel Abbasi 2-18, Khurram Irshad 2-29).
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