16 January 2005	Sunday	05 Zilhaj 1425

LAHORE, Jan 15: An All-rounder performance by Imran Farhat steered Lahore Lions (LL) into One-day cup semi-finals after beating Faisalabad Wolves (FW) by 25 runs under must-win situation at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad on Saturday.

As winners of the match were to qualify for the last four, Imran struck a solid knock of 70 runs (92 balls, five fours, one six) and helped the Lions post 235 in 44.1. Wolves also made an impressive start through Abdul Mannan (47, seven fours) and Khurram Shahzad (45, eight fours) who collected 91 runs in opening stand.

But Imran Farhat excelled with his leg spinners removing both in a space of nine runs. He finished with three for 29 as Wolves were all out for 210 in 43.3 overs with captain Misbahul Haq (46, one four, one six) being the only other major contributor.

Another leg-spinner Imran Tahir snared three wickets for 28 while off-spinner Jahangir Mirza 3-48. Lions will meet pool "B" leaders Hyderabad Hawks in semi-finals at Qadhafi Stadium on Jan 27.

SCOREBOARD 



LAHORE LIONS 



Imran Farhat c Saeed b Farooq            70 



Nasir Jamshed c Misbah b Ijaz            44 



Humayun Farhat run out                   13 



Arslan Mir b Farooq                      24 



Kashif Siddiq run out                    10 



Jahangir Mirza c Zaman b Saeed           26 



Umar Javed st. Zaman b Farooq            10 



Wasim Khan run out                       1 



Khurram Chauhan lbw Shahid               0 



Imran Tahir c Misbah b Saeed             8 



Shahzad Butt not out                     4 



EXTRAS (LB-9, W-15, NB-1)                25 



TOTAL (all out, 44.1 overs)              235 



FALL OF WKTS: 1-95, 2-109, 3-152, 4-165, 5-191, 6-214, 
7-223, 8- 223, 9-223. 



BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 9-0-42-1; Ahmed Hayat 7-0-35-0; 
Tauqeer Hussain 2-0- 19-0; Saeed Ajmal 8.1-0-46-2; 
Ijaz Ahmed Jnr 9-0-41-1; Farooq Iqbal 9-0-43-3. 



FAISALABAD WOLVES 



Abdul Mannan b Imran                     47 



Khurram Shahzad lbw Imran                45 



Misbahul Haq st Humayun b I Tahir        46 



Ijaz Ahmed Jnr lbw Imran                 1 



Naved Latif ct Imran b Jahangir          26 



Tauqeer Hussain run out                  12 



M. Zaman ct Shahzad b Jehangir           11 



Ahmed Hayat st Humayun b I Tahir         1 



Farooq Iqbal ct c Nasir b Jahangir       8 



Shahid Nazir c Imran b I Tahir           4 



Saeed Ajmal not out                      0 



EXTRAS (LB-2, W-4, NB-3)                 9 



TOTAL (all out, 43.3 overs)              210 



FALL OF WKTS: 1-91, 2-100, 3-101, 4-138, 5-164, 6-193, 
7-195, 8- 201, 9-206. 



BOWLING: Wasim Khan 5-2-20-0; Shahzad Butt 3-0-26-0; 
Arslan Mir 6-0-33-0; Imran Farhat 8-0-29-3; Khurram Chauhan 5-0-24-0; 
Imran Tahir 9-1- 28-3; Jahangir Mirza 7.3-0-48-3.