March 18, 2006	Saturday	Safar 17, 1427

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KARACHI, March 17: Karachi Zebras succumbed to their fifth successive Gold League defeat in the National One-day Regional tournament when they went down to Sialkot Stallions by four wickets on Friday.

The Stallions are all but through to Wednesday’s final meeting with old foes Faisalabad Wolves, thanks to a fine all-round performance by Shahid Yousuf.

Shahid followed a two-wicket haul with a blazing 113 as the Stallions reached their target of 280 in the 46th over. He hit nine fours and one six in his 125-ball knock.

Scoreboard

KARACHI ZEBRAS:

Shadab Kabir b Mansoor 78

Ashraf Ali c Hafiz b Sarfraz 11

Naumanullah b Nadeem 5

Rizwan Saeed b Tahir 12

Hasan Raza c Atiq b Shahid 29

Wasim Naeem c Bilal b Shahid 12

Aminur Rahman b Imran 70

Ali Asad c Shahid b Tahir 26

Fahim Ahmed c Shahid b Mansoor 13

Tabish Khan c Imran b Mansoor 2

Nasir Khan not out 9

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-2, W-7, NB-2) 12

TOTAL (all out, 50 overs) 279

FALL OF WKTS: 1-22, 2-45, 3-61, 4-132, 5-148, 6-166, 7-218, 8-256, 9-262.

BOWLING: Sarfraz Ahmed 10-1-24-1; Nadeem Javed 10-0-49-1 (1nb, 1w); Tahir Mughal 10-0-68-2 (2w); Shahid Yousuf 7-0-42-2 (4w); Kamran Younis 4-0-27-0; Mansoor Amjad 8-0-55-3; Imran Nazir 1-0-11-1 (1nb).

SIALKOT STALLIONS:

Bilal Hussain b Tabish 10

Atiqur Rahman c Amin b Rizwan 38

Shahid Yousuf c Amin b Tabish 113

Imran Nazir c Ashraf b Nasir 8

Shahzad Malik c and b Fahim 49

Mansoor Amjad lbw b Nauman 13

Tahir Mughal not out 33

Kamran Younis not out 1

EXTRAS (LB-3, W-13, NB-1) 17

TOTAL (for six wkts, 45.3 overs) 282

FALL OF WKTS: 1-13, 2-72, 3-81, 4-177, 5-227, 6-263.

DID NOT BAT: Hafiz Khalid, Sarfraz Ahmed, Nadeem Javed.

BOWLING: Nasir Khan 10-0-41-1 (1w); Tabish Khan 8-0-63-2 (2w); Fahim Ahmed 10-0-55-1 (1w); Rizwan Saeed 7-0-41-1 (1nb, 5w); Naumanullah 3-0-21-1 (2w); Wasim Naeem 2-0-14-0; Hasan Raza 5.3-0-44-0 (2w).

UMPIRES: Iftikhar Malik/Zameer Haider.

MATCH REFEREE: Abdul Sami Khan.