12 January 2005	Wednesday	01 Zilhaj 1425

LAHORE, Jan 11: A superb unbeaten century by captain Misbahul Haq enabled Faisalabad Wolves (FW) to earn an impressive six-wicket win against Karachi Zebras (KZ) at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad on Tuesday.

The win not only gave FW four valuable points to raise their tally to eight from three matches but also helped them remain in the race for semi finals' berth with Lahore Lions (eight points) and Sialkot Stallions (nine points) from pool "A".

Needing 225 for win, FW faltered losing three wickets for 22 before Misbah made the target look easy with his hurricane knock of 129, cracking 11 fours and five sixes off 126 balls as the home side romped home for the loss of four wickets with 1.2 overs to spare.

Misbah received solid support from Ijaz Ahmed Junior who scored 55 off 90 balls hitting four boundaries. Earlier, KZ, who suffered their third defeat in as many matches, managed 224 for seven wickets in allotted 45 overs with Sharjeel Ashraf (39) being the top scorer.

SCOREBOARD 



KARACHI ZEBRAS 



Fahad Iqbal c&b Tauqeer                 18 



Tariq Haroon c Zaman b Ahmed            3 



Sharjeel Ashraf lbw Shafqat             39 



Saeed bin Nasir run out                 38 



Hasan Raza b Saeed                      12 



Naumanullah lbw Shahid                  37 



Imran Javed st Zaman b Saeed            6 



Farhan Iqbal not out                    29 



Muhammad Husnain not out                11 



EXTRAS (B-2, LB-12, W-15,NB-2)          31 



TOTAL (for seven wkts, 45 overs)        224 



FALL OF WKTS: 1-26, 2-35, 3-116, 4-120, 5-151, 6-173, 7-191. 



BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 9-2-22-1; Ahmed Hayat 9-1-28-1; 
Tauqeer Hussain 8-0- 49-1; Saeed Ajmal 9-0-50-2; 
Ijaz Ahmed Jnr 4-0-22-0; Shafqat Hussain 6-0-39-1. 



FAISALABAD WOLVES 



Abdul Mannan c Tariq b Hasnain          6 



Khurram Shahzad c sub Irfan b Hasnain   4 



Tauqeer Hussain c Tariq b Nasir         2 



Misbahul Haq not out                    129 



Ijaz Ahmed Jnr st Nasir b Adnan         55 



Naved Latif not out                     13 



EXTRAS (LB-2, W-11, NB-3)               16 



TOTAL (for four wkts, 43.4 overs)       225 



FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-12, 3-22, 4-174. 



DID NOT BAT: Muhammad Zaman, Ahmed Hayat, Saeed Ajmal, 
Shahid Nazir, 3 / ? Shafqat Hussain. 



BOWLING. Nasir Khan 9-1-47-1; Muhammad Hasnain 9-2-27-2; 
Muhammad Haroon 5-1-24-0; Imran Javed 9-0-61-0; 
Nauman Ullah 4.4-0-28-0; Adnan Malik 7-0-41-1. 



MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Misbahul Haq. 



UMPIRES: Siddique Khan-Zameer Haider. 



REFEREE: Khalid Niazi.