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LAHORE, Jan 13: A six-wicket haul by Shoaib Leghari enabled Hyderabad Hawks (HH) to cruise into semi finals of the One-day cricket cup as pool "B" leaders with 12 points, beating Multan Tigers (MT) by five wickets at Hyderabad on Thursday.
Shoaib sent down eight overs, including one maiden and conceded 46 runs to take six wickets, but even then MT piled up 241 in 45 overs, due to fine batting by Asif Iqbal (74, four fours, 102 balls) and Aamer Bashir (58, five fours, one six, 69 balls).
HH overhauled the target scoring 244 for five in 44.2 overs. Faisal Athar (54, five fours, 67 balls), Shahid Qambrani (46, four fours, 51 balls) and Rizwan Ahmed (46 not out, one four one six, 39 balls) were the chief contributors. Rizwan (HH) was declared Man-of-the-Match.
SCOREBOARD
MULTAN TIGERS
Yasir Arafat lbw Mazhar 15
Saeed Anwar Jnr lbw Mazhar 7
Muhammad Ali Niazi b Mazhar 10
Aamer Bashir c Hanif b Rizwan 58
Asif Iqbal c Kashif b Shoaib 74
Zeeshan Khan c Shahid b Shoaib 32
Azhar Shafiq c Hanif b Shoaib 9
Shahid Hameed c Hanif b Shoaib 4
Abdur Rauf c Rizwan b Shoaib 0
Muhammad Irshad not out 0
Majid Majeed c Hanif b Shoaib 0
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-18, NB-6) 26
TOTAL (all out, 45 overs) 241
FALL OF WKTS: 1-27, 2-43, 3-61, 4-164, 5-225, 6-227, 7-239, 8- 239, 9-243.
BOWLING: Mazhar Ali 9-0-40-3; Sufyan Ali 7-1-38-0; Kashif Bhatti 8-1-36-0; Shoaib Leghari 8-1-46-6; Rizwan Ahmed 8-0-46-1; Hanif-ur-Rehman 5-0-33-0.
HYDERABAD HAWKS
Hanifur Rehman c Ali b Azhar 19
Aqeel Anjum lbw Zeeshan 37
Faisal Athar c Majid b Zeeshan 54
Shahid Qambrani c Azhar b Irshad 46
Rizwan Ahmed not out 46
Akram Khan c Majid b Irshad 12
Hanif Malik not out 14
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, W-9) 16
TOTAL (for five wkts, 44.2 overs) 244
FALL OF WKTS: 1-35, 2-101, 3-130, 4-196, 5-212.
BOWLING: Muhammad Irshad 9-0-50-2; Abdur Rauf 9-0-33-0; Azhar Shafiq 3-0- 20-1; Majid Majeed 8.2-0-54-0; Saeed Anwar Jnr 7-0-39-0; Zeeshan Khan 8-1-41-2.
UMPIRES: Iftikhar Malik-Islam Khan.
REFEREE: Azhar Khan.
