February 14, 2006	Tuesday	Muharram 15, 1427

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KARACHI, Feb 13: Mohammad Hafeez struck an undefeated 137 to power Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) to a crushing seven-wicket win against KRL in the Patron’s Cup Group ‘A’ fixture at the NBP Sports Complex on Monday.

Chasing 273, SNGPL romped home with seven overs to spare with Hafeez, the former Test opening batsman, blasting 12 boundaries in his 164-ball knock.

Earlier, Saeed Anwar also hit a century to help KRL reach 272 for six in their 50 overs. The left-hander’s 140-ball 111 was laced with seven fours and two sixes.

Mohammad Farrukh also batted well to make 89 off 123 balls with 11 boundaries. Saeed and Farrukh put on 167 after KRL lost two wickets for three runs.

Paceman Sajid Ali claimed five for 43 in 10 overs.

Scoreboard

KRL:

Saeed Anwar c Ayub b Sajid 111

Mohammad Wasim c Saleem b Sajid 0

Abdul Rauf c Sufyan b Sajid 1

Mohammad Farrukh c Sajid b Hafeez 89

Ali Naqvi c Sufyan b Sajid 42

Shahbaz Butt b Sajid 1

Asif Iqbal not out 0

Alamgir Khan not out 2

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-6, W-12, NB-5) 26

TOTAL (for six wkts, 50 overs) 272

FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-3, 3-170, 4-268, 5-268, 6-270.

DID NOT BAT: Usman Saeed, Tahir Maqsood, Saeed Ajmal.

BOWLING: Sajid Ali 10-0-43-5 (2nb); Samiullah Niazi 9-1-37-0 (1w); Tauqir Hussain 8-1-52-0 (2nb, 2w); Mohammad Hafeez 10-0-54-1 (3w); Imran Khalid 10-1-50-0 (1nb); Tariq Mahmood 3-0-27-0 (1w).

SNGPL:

Mohammad Hafeez not out 137

Sufyan Munir run out 49

Mohammad Ayub c and b Alamgir 6

Misbahul Haq c Shahbaz b Tahir 51

Saleem Mughal not out 5

EXTRAS (B-4, W-8, NB-13) 25

TOTAL (for three wkts, 43 overs) 273

FALL OF WKTS: 1-130, 2-143, 3-243.

DID NOT BAT: Mohammad Salman, Tariq Mahmood, Tauqir Hussain, Samiullah Niazi, Imran Khalid, Sajid Ali.

BOWLING: Abdul Rauf 8-0-54-0 (9nb); Tahir Maqsood 9-0-70-1 (3nb, 2w); Saeed Ajmal 9-0-47-0 (1nb, 2nb); Saeed Anwar 7-0-48-0 (1w); Mohammad Farrukh 5-0-26-0; Alamgir Khan 5-0-24-1.

UMPIRES: Siddique Khan and Rasheed Bhatti.

MATCH REFEREE: Naeem Ahmed.