March 18, 2006	Saturday	Safar 17, 1427

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KARACHI, March 17: Faisalabad Wolves qualified for the Gold League final of the National One-day Regional cricket tournament after chalking up their fifth straight victory on Friday.

The Wolves’ prey at the NBP Sports Complex were Lahore Eagles who were defeated by 36 runs after making 264 while chasing 301.

Naved Latif stole the show for the Wolves with a hurricane 92 off 47 balls. The diminutive right-hander blasted seven sixes and three fours.

Scoreboard

FAISALABAD WOLVES:

Mohammad Hafeez c Abid b Khalil 17

Imran Ali c Shahbaz b Ashfaq 83

Asif Hussain c and b Usman 43

Misbahul Haq c Khalil b Usman 22

Naved Latif run out 92

Khurram Shahzad c Ashfaq b Sohail 9

Mohammad Salman not out 20

Imran Khalid not out 0

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-8, W-5) 14

TOTAL (for six wkts, 50 overs) 300

FALL OF WKTS: 1-41, 2-115, 3-158, 4-196, 5-287, 6-295.

DID NOT BAT: Samiullah Niazi, Saeed Ajmal, Asad Ali.

BOWLING: Mohammad Khalil 7-1-27-1 (1w); Jamshed Ahmed 9-0-32-0 (1w); Arsalan Mir 4-0-20-0; Usman Malik 10-0-45-2 (1w); Sohail Ahmed 9-0-71-1 (2w); Jahangir Mirza 6-0-39-0; Mohammad Ashfaq 5-0-57-1.

LAHORE EAGLES:

Mohammad Ashfaq c Salman b Sami 0

Muntazar Mehdi lbw b Saeed 29

Shahbaz Butt c Misbah b Asad 6

Jahangir Mirza c Khurram b Imran 65

Arsalan Mir st Salman b Saeed 53

Aamir Sajjad st Salman b Saeed 45

Abid Ali run out 0

Sohail Ahmed b Asad 30

Jamshed Ahmed c and b Khurram 3

Mohammad Khalil c Hafeez b Asad 10

Usman Malik not out 4

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-5, W-10) 19

TOTAL (all out, 47.4 overs) 264

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-7, 3-79, 4-142, 5-189, 6-190, 7-223, 8-233, 9-249.

BOWLING: Samiullah Niazi 8-0-46-1 (6w); Asad Ali 5.4-0-40-3 (2w); Saeed Ajmal 9-1-40-3; Imran Khalid 8-0-34-1 (1w); Mohammad Hafeez 10-0-52-0; Khurram Shahzad 7-0-43-1 (1w).

UMPIRES: Shakeel Khan and

MATCH REFEREE: Anwer Khan.