December 19, 2003	Friday	Shawwal 24, 1424

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HYDERABAD, Dec 18: Left-arm pacer Sarfraz Ahmed claimed a match haul of eight wickets to help Wapda inflict a crushing 112-run defeat on Pakistan Customs in the Patron’s Trophy match at Niaz Stadium on Thursday.

Sarfraz took four for 38 as Customs were sent packing for 94 in the second innings after being set a reasonable target of 207. Off-spinner Aqeel Ahmed chipped in three quick wickets at the fag end of the match.

The last nine Customs wickets fell for the addition of just 27 runs.

Earlier, Wapda added 45 runs to the overnight tally of 112 for five to be all out for 157 in the second innings.

Wapda with two outright wins as in many matches comfortably lead Pool ‘A’ with 18 points. However, they were beaten in both the Patron’s Cup one-day fixtures.

Scoreboard

WAPDA (1st Innings) 343 (Tariq Aziz 112; Stephen John 5-78).

PAKISTAN CUSTOMS (1st Innings) 294 (Naseem Khan 77; Sarfraz Ahmed 4-86, Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 4-91).

WAPDA (2nd Innings, overnight 157-5):

Adil Nisar c Hanif b John 12

Asif Hussain c Rawait b Aamir 16

Tariq Aziz c Naseem b John 6

Shoaib Khan lbw b Aamir 15

Hasan Adnan c Hanif b Imran 31

Rizwan Malik lbw b Aamir 0

Zahid Umar c Hanif b John 28

R. Naveed-ul-Hasan lbw b Imran 0

Aqeel Ahmed not out 8

Sarfraz Ahmed b John 21

Kashif Raza c Hanif b Imran 0

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-4, NB-12) 20

TOTAL (all out, 72.4 overs) 157

FALL OF WKTS: 1-30, 2-40, 3-46, 4-80, 5-81, 6-123, 7-123, 8-123, 9-156.

BOWLING: Imran Ali 27.4-8-59-3 (5nb); Stephen John 22-6-40-4 (4nb); Kamran Hussain 7-3-18-0; Aamir Bashir 14-4-27-3 (3nb); Atif Maqbool 2-1-5-0.

PAKISTAN CUSTOMS (2nd Innings):

Khurram Siddique c Zahid b Sarfraz 7

Rawait Khan c Adil b Kashif 36

Naseem Khan b Sarfraz 22

Aamir Bashir lbw b Rana Naveed 4

Bilal Khilji c Tariq b Sarfraz 5

Kamran Hussain lbw b Rana Naveed 3

Nisar Abbas lbw b Sarfraz 1

Atif Maqbool c Shoaib b Aqeel 4

Hanif Malik c Zahid b Aqeel 5

Stephen John not out 1

Imran Ali c sub b Aqeel 0

EXTRAS (LB-2, NB-1) 3

TOTAL (all out, 47.5 overs) 94

FALL OF WKTS: 1-21, 2-67, 3-67, 4-76, 5-76, 6-83, 7-83, 8-91, 9-94.

BOWLING: Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 21-4-39-2 (1nb); Sarfraz Ahmed 22-8-38-4; Kashif Raza 3-0-12-1; Aqeel Ahmed 1.5-0-3-3.