LAHORE, March 21: A cavalier unbeaten 86 by Arif Mahmood propelled Karachi to a thrilling one-wicket victory over Lahore in the Quaid-i-Azam One-day Cup match at the LCCA Ground on Sunday.
Arif blasted seven sixes and five boundaries in his 88-ball innings as Karachi knocked off the required target of 222 off the last ball of the game. The visitors needed four runs, but Arif struck a huge six over mid-wicket off Adil Nisar to settle the match.
Earlier, despite Saleem Elahi hitting 118 (12 fours), Lahore were bowled out for 221 in 45.2 overs. In other matches, Mohammad Ramzan's undefeated 100 guided Faisalabad to a nine-wicket victory over Quetta in Sargodha, while Peshawar scored a narrow one run win against Hyderabad in the first-ever match played at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium. In the remaining fixture, Rawalpindi thrashed Multan by 98 runs at KRL Stadium.
Scoreboard
LAHORE:
Salman Butt c A. Zeeshan b Nasir 20
Saleem Elahi c Nasir b Farhan 118
Khaqan Arsal c A. Zeeshan b Tanvir 1
Adil Nisar c A. Zeeshan b Arif 34
Intikhab Alam c Nasir b Farhan 15
Kamran Akmal run out 2
Azhar Ali st A. Zeeshan b Farhan 3
Wasim Khan b Farhan 8
Mohammad Khalil not out 6
Aizaz Cheema c A. Zeeshan b Kaneria 0
Zeeshan Safeer run out 1
EXTRAS (LB-6, W-6, NB-1) 13
TOTAL (all out, 45.2 overs) 221
FALL OF WKTS: 1-30, 2-31, 3-122, 4-173, 5-177, 6-188, 7-212, 8-214, 9-215.
BOWLING: Tanvir Ahmed 7-1-40-1; Nasir Khan 7-0-39-1; Danish Kaneria 9-1-33-1; Arif Mahmood 10-0-47-1; Fahad Khan 5-0-36-0; Farhan Adil 7.2-0-20-4.
KARACHI:
Shadab Kabir b Khalil 4
Ahmed Zeeshan st Kamran b Zeeshan 35
Saeed bin Nasir b Zeeshan 35
Faisal Iqbal lbw b Zeeshan 2
Farhan Adil lbw b Aizaz 1
Hasan Raza c Kamran b Aizaz 10
Arif Mahmood not out 86
Tanvir Ahmed c Azhar b Adil 27
Danish Kaneria run out 0
Nasir Khan st Kamran b Azhar 0
Fahad Khan not out 1
EXTRAS (LB-1, W-14, NB-8) 23
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 224
FALL OF WKTS: 1-7, 2-75, 3-84, 4-87, 5-87, 6-97, 7-180, 8-185, 9-191.
BOWLING: Wasim Khan 9-0-53-0; Mohammad Khalil 10-2-37-1; Zeeshan Safeer 10-3-18-3; Aizaz Cheema 10-0-42-2; Salman Butt 1-0-3-0; Azhar Ali 6-0-45-1; Adil Nisar 4-0-25-1.
Results of other matches:
*At Sports Stadium, Sargodha:
Faisalabad beat Quetta by nine wickets.
QUETTA 222-5 in 50 overs (Naseem Khan 101 not out, Kamran Niazi 59; Tauqir Hussain 2-31, Sami Niazi 2-52);
FAISALABAD 224-1 in 45.3 overs (Mohammad Ramzan 100 not out, Misbahul Haq 70 not out, Mohammad Hafeez 47).
*At KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi:
Rawalpindi beat Multan by 98 runs.
RAWALPINDI 277 in 48.1 overs (Usman Saeed 77 not out, Bilal Asad 58, Yasir Arafat 39; Mohammad Irshad 3-48, Kamran Hussain 2-48);
MULTAN 179 in 38.4 overs (Rehan Rafiq 43 not out, Mohammad Shafiq 38, Zeeshan Khan 35; Yasir Arafat 4-33, Alamgir Khan 3-42, Junaid Zia 2-28).
