March 9, 2006	Thursday	Safar 8, 1427

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LAHORE, March 8: An unbeaten 68 by Kamran Sajid helped Lahore Eagles to a narrow two-wicket win over Sialkot Stallions in a Gold League match of the National One-day Regional cricket championship at the Sheikhupura Stadium on Wednesday.

Chasing a small target of 165, the Eagles were well placed at 127 for two before Bilal Khilji took three wickets in quick successions without any addition to the total.

But Kamran stood firm to see him through in the 42nd over.

Scoreboard

SIALKOT STALLIONS:

Atiqur Rahman c Shahbaz b Khalil 14

Mansoor Amjad lbw b Arsalan 19

Shahid Yousuf c Junaid b Khalil 0

Bilal Hussain lbw b Arsalan 19

Shahzad Malik not out 55

Imran Nazir b Arsalan 4

Tahir Mughal c Junaid b Usman 3

Adeel Malik b Usman 1

Hafiz Khalid b Usman 21

Jaffar Nazir c Kamran b Ashfaq 12

Nadeem Javed b Ashfaq 1

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-2, W-11, NB-3) 17

TOTAL (all out, 47.1 overs) 164

FALL OF WKTS: 1-21, 2-24, 3-53, 4-59, 5-66, 6-78, 7-88, 8-121, 9-162.

BOWLING: Mohammad Khalil 7-1-20-2; Junaid Zia 6-0-20-0; Waqas Ahmed 5-1-16-0; Arsalan Mir 7-0-34-3; Usman Malik 10-2-51-3; Sohail Ahmed 10-0-35-0; Ashfaq Ahmed 2.1-1-5-2.

LAHORE EAGLES:

Ashfaq Ahmed lbw b Nadeem 32

Sohail Ahmed c sub b Nadeem 1

Kamran Sajid not out 68

Arsalan Mir c Imran b Bilal 30

Aamir Sajjad c Shahid b Bilal 0

Jahangir Mirza c Atiq b Bilal 0

Shahbaz Butt b Imran 0

Waqas Ahmed b Bilal 9

Mohammad Khalil c Imran b Mansoor 5

Usman Malik not out 1

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-7, W-10, NB-2) 21

TOTAL (for eight wkts in 41.2 overs) 167

DID NOT BAT: Junaid Zia.

FALL OF WKTS: 1-34, 2-39, 3-127, 4-127, 5-127, 6-128, 7-138, 8-155.

BOWLING: Jaffar Nazir 5-0-29-0; Nadeem Javed 5-1-22-2; Tahir Mughal 7-0-27-0; Mansoor Amjad 10-1-24-1; Adeel Malik 4-0-18-0; Bilal Hussain 7.2-2-16-4; Imran Nazir 2-0-17-1; Shahid Yousuf 1-0-1-0.

UMPIRES: Nadeem Ghauri and Kaukab Butt.

MATCH REFEREE: Azhar Khan.