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| February 12, 2006 | Sunday | Muharram 13, 1427 |
Patron’s Cup: Taufiq nudges selectors with sublime century
KARACHI, Feb 11: Test discard Taufiq Umar sent out an emphatic reminder to the national selectors with a glorious unbeaten 140 as Habib Bank eased to a five-wicket win over SNGPL in the Patron’s Cup match on Saturday.
The left-handed Taufiq, who has been out of favour since the tour to India last year, was in sublime touch and struck 14 fours and one six during his 150-ball innings.
Thanks to Taufiq’s brilliant display, Habib Bank chalked up their third successive victory in Group ‘A’ and are now almost assured of reaching next week’s semifinals.
SNGPL never came to terms with the slow UBL Sports Complex pitch and bowled out for 224 in the final over after Hasan Raza invited them to bat first.
Former Test opener Mohammad Hafeez stood out for SNGPL with a fine 60 off 65 deliveries while striking seven boundaries.
Scoreboard
SNGPL:
Mohammad Hafeez c Khaqan b Junaid 60
Sufyan Munir c Kaneria b Kamran 17
Sohail Idrees lbw b Shahid 5
Misbahul Haq lbw b Kamran 5
Arsalan Mir c Taufiq b Kaneria 11
Saleem Mughal c Hasan b A. Rahman 27
Mohammad Salman c Aftab b Hasan 19
Imran Khalid c Shahid b Taufiq 28
Tariq Mahmood run out 9
Asad Ali c Junaid b Kaneria 22
Samiullah Niazi not out 6
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-4, W-2, NB-8) 15
TOTAL (all out, 49.1 overs) 224
FALL OF WKTS: 1-27, 2-36, 3-51, 4-72, 5-116, 6-154, 7-160, 8-172, 9-211.
BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 6-0-25-1 (1nb); Kamran Hussain 7-0-40-2 (4nb); Danish Kaneria 9.1-1-26-2 (1nb); Junaid Zia 8-0-36-1 (1w); Abdul Rahman 10-0-39-1; Hasan Raza 6-0-27-1; Taufiq Umar 3-0-26-1.
HABIB BANK:
Riffatullah c Misbah b Sami 21
Taufiq Umar not out 140
Hasan Raza lbw b Imran 6
Farhan Adil c Sohail b Tariq 13
Khaqan Arsal c Salman b Asad 22
Abdul Rahman c Tariq b Imran 7
Danish Kaneria not out 6
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-7, NB-1) 10
TOTAL (for five wkts, 45.4 overs) 225
FALL OF WKTS: 1-73, 2-87, 3-120, 4-184, 5-212.
DID NOT BAT: Humayun Farhat, Kamran Hussain, Junaid Zia, Shahid Nazir.
BOWLING: Samiullah Niazi 8-1-37-1 (2w); Asad Ali 10-0-71-1 (4w); Mohammad Hafeez 8.4-0-31-0 (1w); Imran Khalid 9-0-36-2 Tariq Mahmood 10-0-48-1.
RESULT: Habib Bank won by five wickets.
UMPIRES: Riazuddin and Rasheed Bhatti.
MATCH REFEREE: Anwer Khan.
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