October 27, 2002	Sunday	Sha’aban 20,1423

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RAWALPINDI, Oct 26: ARL scored a dramatic seven-wicket win over Saga Saturday to pick up 12 points from their Kardar Trophy match on their home ground.

With odds stacked against them going into the final day, ARL were set a victory target of 316 in 62 overs after Saga had declared their innings at 370 for seven, adding 84 runs to their overnight total of 286 for five.

Summarised scores:

*At ARL Ground, Rawalpindi:

ARL beat Saga by seven wickets.

SAGA 200 (Shahzad Malik 65, Ashraf Ali 45; Alamgir Khan 5-66, Sohail Tanveer 4-67) and 370-7 declared (Faisal Khan 137 not out, Tahir Mahmood 45; Sohail Tanveer 3-110, Alamgir Khan 2-111);

ARL 234 (Manzoor Ali 56, Abad Mohammad 38, Obaid Akhtar 36, Asim Butt 32; Tahir Mughal 6-93, Mansoor Amjad 3-83) and 319-3 in 56.4 overs (Abad Mohammad 98, Noman Aman 71, Farrukh Sultan 68; Tahir Mughal 2-65).

At Army Cricket Ground, Rawalpindi:

Army beat PTV by 180 runs.

ARMY 385 (Hasnain Alam 108, Zia-ul-Haq 101, Shiraz Khalid 61, Ahmed Shah 47; Nadeem Sikander 6-121) and 269-4 declared (Shiraz Khalid 146, Ahmed Shah 105; Naveed Ahmed 3-42);

PTV 321-8 (Naseer Ahmed Jr 79 not out, Basir Gulzar 71, Noman Ali 46, Naveed Ahmed 32; Yasir Ashfaq 3-59, Zubair Wattoo 3-105) and 153 (Naseer Ahmed Jr 52; Yasir Ishfaq 3-41, Zubair Wattoo 3-36, Shiraz Khalid 2-29).

*At National Stadium, Karachi:

Match drawn.

KESC 243 (Tabish Khan 54, Amin-ur-Rehman 42; Mohammad Riaz 5-89, Naseeruddin 3-52) and 127 (Amin-ur-Rehman 45, Asadullah Sumairi 31; Mohammad Riaz 5-24, Mohammad Khalid 3-26);

PAF 176 (Naseeruddin 35 not out, Ahmed Nadeem 34; Sharif Asadullah 4-50, Tariq Haroon 2-25, Owais Athar 2-55) and 166-9 (Nadeem Farooq 55, Aamir Sajjad 50; Asifuddin Ghauri 4-18, Arif Mahmood 2-42, Sharif Asadullah 2-49).

*At PCB Regional Academy Ground, Karachi:

Navy beat PEB by innings and 21 runs.

PEB 210-8 (Hasan Saud 52, Shahzad Siddique 39, Zulfiqar Ali 32; Mohammad Sarfraz 5-60, Nasir Khan 2-58) and 163 (Naveed Khan 81; Nasir Khan 5-49, Jawwad Ali 2-43);

NAVY 394-7 declared (Wasim Naeem 192, Iftikhar Ahmed 70, Asif Zakir 64; Kamran Younis 5-87).

*At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi:

Match drawn.

SUI GAS 293-9 (Ali Hussain 87, Mohammad Hafeez 84, Sohail Idrees 41; Mohammad Farrukh 3-35, Iqbal Shaikh 2-32, Rashid Hanif 2-103);

KPT 117 (Iqbal Shaikh 32; Mohammad Hafeez 2-12, Kashif Shafi 2-22, Shahid Khan 2-26, Wasim Khan 2-44) and 366 (Fahadullah 86, Mohammad Farrukh 71, Mohammad Hasnain 50, Rashid Hanif 47, Maisam Hasnain 39; Shahid Khan 7-105).