KARACHI, April 8: Centuries by skipper Adil Nisar and Aamir Sajjad were the highlights of Wapda’s massive 171-run win against KPT in the Patron’s Cup Pool ‘A’ tie at the UBL Sports Complex on Friday.
Adil bludgeoned 131 off 112 balls while Aamir made a 106-ball 104 to help Wapda pile up 398 for seven in their 50 overs after winning the toss on a placid pitch.
The left-handed Adil stroked 12 fours and two sixes as he and Aamir put on a mammoth 243 for the third wicket. Aamir hit six fours and one six.
But it was the batting of big-hitting tailender Sarfraz Ahmed that eventually guided Wapda to the highest total of the ongoing competition.
The left-hander used the long handle disdainfully to hammer five huge sixes and three fours in scoring 45 off just 14 deliveries.
KPT, in reply, were sent packing for 227 inside 47 overs as they crashed to a fourth successive defeat.
Scoreboard
WAPDA:
Tariq Aziz c Fahad Iqbal b Fahad Khan 34 Asif Hussain c and b Adeel 29 Adil Nisar run out 131 Aamir Sajjad c Adeel b Ariz 104 Bilal Hussain b Ariz 10 Bilal Khilji st Ibrahim b Maisam 10 Sarfraz Ahmed b Fahad Khan 45 Ali Azmat not out 15 Farooq Iqbal not out
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EXTRAS (B-2, LB-2, W-12, NB-5) 21 TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 398 FALL OF WKTS: 1-70, 2-70, 3-313, 4-326, 5-326, 6-359, 7-391. DID NOT BAT: Ahmed Said, Kashif Raza, (Azharullah). BOWLING: Nadeem Javed 1-0-67-0 (1nb, 1w); Adeel Malik 4-0-47-2 (4w); Fahad Khan 5-0-49-2 (2nb, 1w); Rashid Hanif 9-0-44-0 (1w); Ariz Kamal 9-0-71-2 (1w); Ahmer Saeed 2-0-16-0; Iqbal Shaikh 6-0-45-0 (2nb); Maisam Hasnain 5-0-55-1 (2w).
KPT:
Fahad Iqbal c Adil b Kashif 17 Javed Qadeer c Azhar b Kashif 34 Nadeem Javed b Kashif 5 Ariz Kamal c Ahmed Said b Ali Azmat 31 Atif Ali Zaidi lbw b Adil 63 Ahmer Saeed c Sarfraz b Bilal 49 Maisam Hasnain retired hurt
2 Ibrahim Qureshi b Adil 3 Adeel Malik c sub b Adil 2 Fahad Khan not out
0 Rashid Hanif absent hurt -
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-4, W-14, NB-2) 21 TOTAL (all out, 46.4 overs) 227 FALL OF WKTS: 1-53, 2-53, 3-58, 4-125, 5-212, 6-222, 7-223, 8-224. DID NOT BAT: (Iqbal Shaikh). BOWLING: Kashif Raza 8-1-40-3 (3w); Sarfraz Ahmed 8-0-36-0; Azharullah 6-0-32-0; Ali Azmat 10-0-50-1; Farooq Iqbal 6-0-26-0; Adil Nisar 5.4-0-18-3 (1nb); Bilal Hussain 3-0-20-1 (1nb).
UMPIRES: Nadeem Ghauri and Z.I. Pasha. MATCH REFEREE: Khateeb Rizwan.
