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| March 22, 2003 | Saturday | Muharram 18, 1424 |
Naveed puts Wapda in quarterfinals
LAHORE, March 21: An all-round performance by Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan helped Wapda qualify for the quarterfinals of the NBP One-day Patron’s Cup with an easy seven-wicket win against Gujranwala in a Pool ‘A’ tie at Gaddafi Stadium on Friday.
Naveed, who was named in Pakistan’s Sharjah Cup squad on Thursday, captured three for 18 with his medium-pacers as Gujranwala were bowled out for 117 in 39.5 overs. Paceman Waqas Ahmed also bowled well to finish with three for 20.
Only Fayyaz Ahmed defied the Wapda’s bowlers with a useful 58 off 81 balls. He struck with seven fours.
Naveed then excelled with the bat to top score with 34 as Wapda scored 120 for three in just 17.2 overs. Naveed cracked five boundaries in his 37-ball knock.
In other matches of the pool, a fine century by Pakistan opener Taufiq Umar (100 off 135 balls, 10 fours) and Test batsman Hasan Raza (52 not out off 54 balls, three fours) enabled Habib Bank defeat Sargodha by 59 runs at Sports Stadium in Sargodha.
The victory earned the bankers a quarterfinal spot, just ahead of ZTBL on net run-rate.
Leg-spinner Danish Kaneria celebrated his inclusion in Pakistan one-day squad by picking up five for 33 as Sargodha were dismissed for 239 in 47.5 overs.
Another player in the Sharjah-bound side, Mohammad Hafeez fell to Kaneria after making only 27.
Hasan Raza completed a fine all-round performance by grabbing three for 17 with his leg-spinners.
Good batting by Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq (92 off 61 balls, 14 fours and three sixes) and Raheel Majeed (54) guided Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) to a narrow two-wicket win over hosts Multan at Multan Cricket Stadium. Stadium.
Scoreboard
GUJRANWALA:
Aamir Gulzar b Waqas 7
Haroon Nagi c Adil b Naveed 0
Kashif Aman run out 14
Iftikhar Ahmed c Rizwan b Waqas 6
Asim Munir lbw b Kashif 0
Fayyaz Ahmed c Rizwan b Naveed 58
Akif Raza Ali c Sabir b Farooq 3
Tauqir Raza c Farooq b Aqeel 1
Adnan Farooq b Waqas 18
Ali Imran not out 7
Qaiser Mahmood b Naveed 0
EXTRAS (W-2, NB-1) 3
TOTAL (all out, 39.5 overs) 117
FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-19, 3-29, 4-30, 5-30, 6-52, 7-73, 8-109, 9-111.
BOWLING: Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 6.5-0-18-3; Waqas Ahmed 9-2-20-3; Kashif Raza 5-0-16-1; Farooq Iqbal 7-1-19-1; Aqeel Ahmed 8-2-25-1; Adil Nisar 4-0-19-0.
WAPDA:
Adil Nisar c Iftikhar b Qaiser 9
Rizwan Malik c Iftikhar b Imran 27
Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan c Asim b Aamir 34
Tariq Aziz not out 20
Sabir Hussain not out 9
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-3, W-16, NB-1) 21
TOTAL (for three wkt, 17.2 overs) 120
FALL OF WKTS: 1-13, 2-65, 3-103.
DID NOT BAT: Atiq-ur-Rehman, Mohammad Zaman, Farooq Iqbal, Kashif Raza, Waqas Ahmed, Aqeel Ahmed.
BOWLING: Ali Imran 7-0-38-1; Qaiser Mahmood 3-0-30-1; Adnan Farooq 2-0-12-0; Akif Raza 3-0-23-0; Aamir Gulzar 2-0-9-1; Fayyaz Ahmed 0.2-0-4-0.
RESULT: Wapda won by seven wickets.
Result of other Pool ‘A’ matches:
*At Sports Stadium, Sargodha:
Habib Bank beat Sargodha by 59 runs.
HABIB BANK 298-6 in 50 overs (Taufiq Umar 100, Hasan Raza 52 not out, Imran Farhat 46, Saleem Elahi 40; Mohammad Kashif 2-45);
SARGODHA 239 in 47.5 overs (Tanvir Hussain 71, Farrukh Shahzad 43, Azhar Hussain 32, Mohammad Hafeez 27; Danish Kaneria 5-33, Hasan Raza 3-17, Irfan Fazal 2-48).
*At Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan:
ZTBL beat Multan by two wickets.
MULTAN 251-9 in 50 overs (Kamran Ali 88, Farhan Abbasi 39, Zeeshan Khan 29, Khurram Shahzad 27; Abdul Razzaq 3-39, Rao Iftikhar 3-42);
ZTBL 253-9 in 36.2 overs (Abdul Razzaq 92, Raheel Majeed 54, Imran Abbas 33; Farhan Abbasi 4-73).
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