Another upset

Published April 4, 2005

KARACHI, April 3: Minnows Defence Housing Authority (DHA) inflicted a surprise five-wicket defeat on Sui Gas in the Patron’s Cup Pool ‘A’ one-day match at the Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot on Sunday.

Scoreboard

SUI GAS:

Yasir Arafat Jr b Azam 48

Umar Javed c Atif b Ramesh 6

Hafiz Majid c Wasim b Ramesh 23

Sufyan Munir c and b Atif 71

Saleem Mughal c Nasir b Rizwan 19

Sohail Idrees st Aamir b Atif 28

Shakeel Ansar c Iqbal b Rizwan 4

Imran Khalid c Ramesh b Atif 8

Waqas Ahmed c Farrukh b Azam 4

Yasir Shah c Aamir b Azam 2

Mohammad Irshad not out 8

EXTRAS (LB-8, W-6, NB-2) 6

TOTAL (all out, 47 overs) 237

FALL OF WKTS: 1-17, 2-52, 3-131, 4-176, 5-186, 6-192, 7-215, 8-220, 9-227.

DID NOT BAT: Sajid Ali.

BOWLING: Rajesh Ramesh 7-0-36-2 (2w); Nasir Khan 5-0-20-0 (2w);

Rizwan Saeed 3-0-32-0 (2nb, 1w); Atif Maqbool 8-0-37-3; Azam Hussain 9-1-34-3;

Iqbal Imam 9-0-46-0 (1w); Rizwan Qureshi 6-0-24-2.

DHA:

Agha Sabir c Shakeel b Imran 35

Asif Zakir c Shakeel b Waqas 10

Mohammad Farrukh lbw b Sajid 23

Aamir Iqbal c and b Saleem 5

Wasim Naeem not out 93

Iqbal Imam run out 5

Rizwan Qureshi not out 55

EXTRAS (LB-4, W-5, NB-3) 12

TOTAL
(for five wkts, 45.4 overs) 238

FALL OF WKTS: 1-20, 2-60, 3-83, 4-83, 5-101.

DID NOT BAT: Rizwan Saeed, Rajesh Ramesh, Atif Maqbool, Azam Hussain, (Nasir Khan).

BOWLING: Mohammad Irshad 10-0-46-0 (1w); Waqas Ahmed 5-0-18-1 (3nb, 1w);

Sajid Ali 7-0-31-1 (1w); Imran Khalid 9-0-38-1; Saleem Mughal 9.4-0-49-1 (2w);

Sufyan Munir 2-0-15-0; Yasir Shah 3-0-37-0.

RESULT: DHA won by five wickets.

UMPIRES: Iftikhar Malik and Siddique Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Abdul Sami Khan.

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