KARACHI, April 8: In a most unexpected twist, Sui Gas notched up their first win in the Patron’s Cup on Friday when they surprised defending champions Habib Bank by six wickets at the LCCA ground in Lahore with Sufyan Munir guiding them home with a fine century.
Sufyan, who had never reached three figures in a limited-overs innings, hammered an unbeaten 102 off 93 deliveries with the help of 10 fours and one six as Sui Gas reached their target of 205 in the 47th over.
Saleem Mughal also played a crucial hand in his team’s success as he scored 43 during the fourth-wicket partnership of 116 with the right-handed Sufyan.
Earlier, medium-pacers Tauqir Hussain claimed five for 51 and Sajid Ali three for 47 to restrict Habib Bank to 204 all out in 46.1 overs.
Scoreboard
HABIB BANK:
Imran Farhat c Ayub b Tauqir 34 Taufiq Umar c Irshad b Sajid 21 Riffatullah c Imran b Sajid 19 Farhan Adil b Sajid 22 Aftab Khan b Tauqir 5 Khaqan Arsal c Shakeel b Tauqir 16 Salman Qadir b Tauqir 11 Abdul Rahman c Yasir b Zohaib 33 Sajid Shah run out
0 Farhan Iqbal b Zohaib 13 Fahad Masood not out 10
EXTRAS (LB-5, W-4, NB-11) 20 TOTAL (all out, 46.1 overs) 204 FALL OF WKTS: 1-56, 2-60, 3-98, 4-107, 5-117, 6-138, 7-147, 8-147, 9-175. DID NOT BAT: (Waqas Chughtai). BOWLING: Mohammad Irshad 9-0-51-0 (1nb, 1w); Sajid Ali 10-2-47-3 (3nb); Tauqir Hussain 10-0-51-4 (5nb, 1w); Imran Khalid 10-1-25-0 (1w); Zohaib Khan 5.1-0-21-2 (2nb, 1w); Saleem Mughal 2-0-4-0.
SUI GAS:
Yasir Arafat Jr lbw b Sajid 9 Hafiz Majid c Imran b Sajid 16 Sohail Idrees c Taufiq b Sajid 18 Sufyan Munir not out 102 Saleem Mughal c Farhan Iqbal b Rahman 43 Ayub Dogar not out 10
EXTRAS (B-2, W-2, NB-3)
7 TOTAL (for four wkts, 46.1 overs) 205 FALL OF WKTS: 1-20, 2-45, 3-50, 4-176. DID NOT BAT: Tauqir Hussain, Shakeel Ansar, Imran Khalid, Mohammad Irshad,
Zohaib Khan, (Sajid Ali). BOWLING: Sajid Shah 10-2-28-3; Waqas Chughtai 9-2-30-0 (3nb, 1w); Abdul Rahman 10-2-41-1; Fahad Masood 4-0-22-0; Imran Farhat 6.1-0-35-0 (1w); Taufiq Umar 5-0-30-0; Salman Qadir 2-0-17-0.
UMPIRES: Siddique Khan and Rasheed Bhatti. MATCH REFEREE: Saadat Ali.
