Humayun blasts century

Published February 28, 2003

LAHORE,  Feb  27: A belligerent knock of 139 by  Humayun Farhat, who overshadowed Usman Tariq in the opening stand of 244, helped Allied Bank Limited (ABL) trounce Service Industries by 10 wickets in the Pool ‘C’ fixture of NBP One-day Patron’s Cup at Gaddafi Stadium on Thursday.

Humayun facedd just 63 deliveries and hammered 19 fours and as many as six sixes in taking ABl to victory in only 20 overs. Usman, in contrast, struck eight boundaries in his 69-ball 72.

Scoreboard

SERVICE INDUSTRIES:

Rizwan Ahmed lbw b Tanvir 0

Kashif Nizami b Wajahat 35

Masood Asim c Ata b Tanvir 86

Sufian Munir c Taimur b Tanvir 60

Bilal Khilji b Arshad 23

Shahbaz Butt not out 16

Asim Butt b Arshad 0

Fayyaz Ahmed run out 1

Rehan Rafique c Naveed b Zahid 4

Mohammad Irshad b Zahid 0

Imran Adil b Zahid 1

EXTRAS (LB-2, W-10, NB-1) 13

TOTAL (all out, 48.5 overs) 239

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-87, 3-184, 4-202, 5-230, 6-230, 7-231,  8-237, 9-237.

BOWLING: Tanvir Ahmed 10-1-66-3; Ata-ur-Rehman 7-1-29-0; Arshad Khan 10-0-46-2; Taimur Khan 9-0-40-0; Wajahatullah  Wasti 9-0-36-1; Mohammad Zahid 3.5-0-20-3.

ALLIED BANK:

Humayun Farhat not out 139

Usman Tariq not out 72

EXTRAS (LB-4, W-17, NB-12) 33

TOTAL (for no wkt, 20 overs) 244

DID NOT BAT: Wajahatullah Wasti, Bilal Asad, Naved Latif, Aamir Hanif, Taimur Khan, Ata-ur-Rehman, Tanvir Ahmed, Arshad Khan, Mohammad Zahid.

BOWLING: Mohammad Irshad 4-0-47-0; Imran Adil 4-0-45-0; Asim Butt 3-0-30-0; Rizwan Ahmed 3-0-57-0; Bilal Khilji 3-0-32-0; Fayyaz Ahmed 3-0-29-0.

RESULT: Allied Bank won by 10 wickets.

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Humayun Farhat.

Results of other Pool ‘D’ matches:

*At LCCA Ground, Lahore:

Lahore Whites beat Sheikhupura by 19 runs.

LAHORE WHITES 232 in 48.5 overs (Musharraf Ali 69, Imran Nazir Jr 54, Adnan Usman 31; Nawaz Sardar 3-31, Saleem Mughal 2-41, Waqas Chughtai 2-45);

SHEIKHUPURA 219 in 47 overs (Saleem Mughal 49, Javed Hussain 48 not out, Majid Majeed 44; Mohammad Hussain 4-44, Tariq Rasheed 3-46).

*At Lahore Country Club, Muridke:

Karachi Blues beat Pak PWD by seven wickets.

PAK PWD 248-7 in 50 overs (Faisal Athar 91, Iqbal Imam 50, Ahmer Saeed 35; Irfanuddin 3-49, Nasir Khan 2-68);

KARACHI BLUES 250-3 in 48.1 overs (Khurram Manzoor 83, Mohammad Zafar 70 not out, Tariq Haroon 64).

Pool ‘C’:

*At Saga Ground, Sialkot:

Rawalpindi beat Sialkot by 19 run on D/L method.

RAWALPINDI 195 in 38.3 overs (Nauman Aman 40; Mansoor Amjad 2-25, Shahid Khan 2-38, Tahir Mughal 2-43, Sajjad-ul-Haq 2-53);

SIALKOT 113-6 in 26.3 overs (Mohammad Fayyaz 2-29, Junaid Zia 2-37).

*At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi:

KRL v Faisalabad, no play because of rain.

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