March 23, 2003	Sunday	Muharram 19, 1424

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LAHORE, March 22: A hurricane 31-ball 67 by Humayun Farhat and a fine spell of bowling by Arshad Khan helped Allied Bank qualify for the quarterfinals of the NBP One-day Patron’ Cup with an easy 10-wicket win over Lahore Whites in the last Pool ‘D’ tie at LCCA Ground on Saturday.

Chasing an easy target, ABL raced to victory by scoring 109 off only 8.5 overs without losing any wicket.  Humayun bludgeoned 15 fours.

Earlier, off-spinner Arshad captured four for 19 in 9.4 overs and medium-pacer Taimur three for 29 as Lahore Whites struggled against a disciplined bowling attack.

Pak PWD benefited from Lahore’s misfortunes to reach last eight on net run-rate after defeating Service Industries at Gymkhana Ground i Okara by six wickets. Saad Wasim played superbly for the winners to score 95.

Sheikhupura, meanwhile, beat Karachi Blues by 47 runs at Sheikhupura Stadium in a match of academic interest.

Scoreboard

LAHORE WHITES:

Musharraf Ali lbw b Taimur 7

Muntazar Mehdi c Humayun b Taimur 5

Adnan Usman Khan c and b Arshad 25

M. Hussain c Humayun b Tanvir 3

Tariq Sheikh c and b Taimur 3

Rizwan Faisal c Naved b Arshad 9

Wahab Riaz b Arshad 25

Asfar Zaidi b Tanvir 7

Hafiz Rauf c Humayun b Zahid 6

Naved Ahmed not out 5

Irfan Amjad b Arshad 0

EXTRAS (LB-3, W-6, NB-3) 12

TOTAL (all out, 39.4 overs) 107

FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-20, 3-29, 4-46, 5-46, 6-56, 7-81, 8-101, 9-107.

BOWLING: Tanvir Ahmed 8-0-27-2; Taimur  Khan 8-1-29-3; Arshad Khan 9.4-2-19-4; Ata-ur-Rehman 6-2-13-0; Mohammad Zahid 8-1-16-1.

ALLIED BANK:

Humayun Farhat not out 67

Usman Tariq not out 23

EXTRAS (LB-2, W-16, NB-1) 19

TOTAL (for no wkt, 8.5 overs) 109

DID NOT BAT: Naved Latif, Ijaz Ahmad Junior, Aamir Hanif, Wajahatullah Wasti, Taimur Khan, Arshad Khan, Muhammad Zahid, Tanvir Ahmed, Ata-ur-Rehman.

BOWLING: Wahab Riaz 3-0-41-0; Irfan Amjad 2-0-23-0; Mohammad Hussain 2-0-21-0; Naved Ahmed 1-0-14-0; Muntazar Mehdi 0.5-0-4-0.

RESULT: Allied Bank won by 10 wickets.

Results of other Pool ‘D’ matches:

*At Sheikhupura Stadium, Sheikhupura:

Sheikhupura beat Karachi Blues by 47 runs.

SHEIKHUPURA 218 in 49 overs (Kashif Imran 41,  Mohammad Ayub 35, Saleem Mughal 33, Javed Hussain 32; Rizwan Saeed 3-49, Rizwan Qureshi 2-35, Irfanuddin 2-50).

KARACHI BLUES 171 in 43.5 overs (Rizwan Qureshi  46, Zubair Javed 29, Wajid Ali 25; Farrukh Majeed Butt 3-21, Nadeem Javed 2-19, Waqas 2-35).

*At Gymkhana Ground, Okara:

Pak PWD beat Service Industries by six wickets.

SERVICE INDUSTRIES 244 in 47.5 overs (Rehan Rafique 62, Masood Asim 41, Rizwan Ahmed 33; Mustansar Ali 24; Mansoor Ahmed 5-40, Fahim Ahmed 3-40);

PAK PWD 248-4 in 49 overs (Saad Wasim 95, Zeeshan  Pervez 62, Ahmer Saeed 47; Zeeshan Safeer 2-48).