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LAHORE, April 27: Shahid Nazir produced a devastating spell of seam bowling as Faisalabad Wolves romped to a nine-wicket victory over Quetta Bears in the Pool ‘C’ Twenty20 Cup match at the Qadhafi Stadium on Tuesday night. Shahid bowled economically to take four for 11 in 3.3 overs as the Bears were bundled out for 95 in 18.3 overs.
Jalat Khan top-scored for the Bears with 35 off 29 deliveries with the help of three fours and one six.
The Wolves lost opener Mohammad Salman for a duck, but scored at will to reach their target in mere 7.4 overs. Mohammad Hafeez punished the hapless Bears’ bowlers with a series of brilliant strokes to score an unbeaten 49 off 22 balls.
Hafeez, the Pakistan batsman, hammered with six fours and a brace of sixes. Asif Hussain (31 off 28 balls with five fours) was involved in an unbroken second wicket partnership of 93.
Scoreboard
QUETTA BEARS:
Abdul Majeed lbw b Shahid 0
Kaleem Khan b Shahid 4
Naseem Khan run out 22
Mohammad Aslam c Tauqir b Shahid 2
Manzoor Ahmed c Khurram b Saeed 11
Jalat Khan c Shahid b Saeed 35
Naseer Khan c Ijaz b Imran 3
Arun Lal run out 1
Stephen John run out 1
Sanaullah b Shahid 6
Jameelur Rehman not out 0
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-4, NB-4) 10
TOTAL (all out, 18.3 overs) 95
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-10, 3-27, 4-34, 5-81, 6-97, 7-87, 8-89, 9-95.
BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 3.3-1-11-4; Ahmed Hayat 3-0-22-0; Tauqir Hussain 2-0-12-0; Muhammad Hafeez 4-0-16-0; Imran Khalid 3-0-14-1; Saeed Ajmal 3-0-18-2.
FAISALABAD WOLVES:
Mohammad Hafeez not out 49
Mohammad Salman b John 0
Asif Hussain not out 31
EXTRAS (LB-6, NB-10) 16
TOTAL (for one wkt 7.4 overs) 96
FALL OF WKT: 1-3.
DID NOT BAT: Ijaz Ahmed Jr, Naved Latif, Khurram Shahzad, Tauqir Hussain, Ahmed Hayat, Shahid Nazir, Imran Khalid, Saeed Ajmal.
BOWLING: Stephen John 3-0-44-1; Arun Lal 2-0-17-0; Naseer Khan 1-0-21-0; Jalat Khan 1-0-9-0; Jameelur Rehman 0.4-0-3-0.
RESULT: Faisalabad Wolves won by nine wickets.
UMPIRES: Iftikhar Malik and Rasheed Bhatti.
MATCH REFEREE: Khalid Niazi.
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Shahid Nazir.
