12 April 2004	Monday	21 Safar 1425

KARACHI, April 11: Shadab Kabir and Saeed bin Nasir scored brilliant centuries to help Karachi beat Peshawar by 15 runs in a high-scoring match of the Quaid-i-Azam One-day Cup at the National Stadium on Sunday.

Shadab, the ex-Test left-hander, smashed 17 fours and two sixes in an unbeaten 152 off 128 balls, while Saeed blasted 129 off 133 balls with the aid of 15 fours and one six.

The pair put on 258 for the third wicket in 229 balls as Karachi amassed 332 for three in their 50 overs after Peshawar won the toss. The visitors put up a brave fight with the top eight batsmen crossing 20-run mark.

The pick of them were opener Janisar Khan made 63 off 90 balls (four fours and one six) and stand-in skipper Aftab Khan who hit 60 off 41 deliveries while striking 11 fours and one six.

Scoreboard

KARACHI:

Agha Sabir c A. Said b Riaz 0

Shadab Kabir not out 152

Hasan Raza b Aslam 17

Saeed bin Nasir c Riaz b Aftab 129

Arif Mahmood not out 9

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-8, W-14, NB-2) 25

TOTAL (for three wkts, 50 overs) 332

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-51, 3-309.

DID NOT BAT: Farhan Adil, Rashid Latif, Tahir Khan, Azam Hussain, Fahad Khan, Nasir Khan.

BOWLING: Riaz Afridi 10-2-46-1; Asif Khan 4-0-27-0; Janisar Khan 4-0-43-0; Aslam Qureshi 10-0-51-1; Abdul Nasir 5-0-31-0; Hidayatullah 7-0-41-0; Aftab Khan 6-0-48-1; Bilal Marwat 4-0-36-0.

PESHAWAR:

Janisar Khan c Nasir b Azam 63

Abdul Nasir c Rashid b Nasir 20

Aftab Khan c Saeed b Tahir 60

Shoaib Khan c Hasan b Arif 38

Bilal Marwat b Fahad 24

Riaz Afridi lbw b Fahad 37

Asmatullah lbw b Nasir 33

Asif Khan run out 21

Ahmed Said lbw b Arif 1

Aslam Qureshi b Nasir 2

Hidayatullah not out 1

EXTRAS (LB-7, W-8, NB-2) 17

TOTAL (all out, 46.5 overs) 317

FALL OF WKTS: 1-31, 2-113, 3-186, 4-204, 5-232, 6-263, 7-305, 8-310, 9-316.

BOWLING: Fahad Khan 9-0-73-2; Nasir Khan 8.5-0-68-3; Azam Hussain 10-0-59-1; Tahir Khan 7-0-48-1; Arif Mahmood 8-0-35-2; Hasan Raza 4-0-27-0.

RESULT: Karachi won by 15 runs.