March 18, 2006	Saturday	Safar 17, 1427

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KARACHI, March 17: Abbottabad Rhinos finished their Silver League campaign in the National One-day Regional cricket tournament with a creditable eight-wicket win against Lahore Lions at the Abbottabad Stadium on Friday.

Zafar Jadoon, the ex-Karachi batsman, made the difference with an 82-ball unbeaten 127, which was laced with 17 fours and one six, as the Rhinos raced to victory in the 26th over while chasing 224.

Scoreboard

LAHORE LIONS:

Nasir Jamshed c Azhar b Amjad 42

Shahnawaz Malik run out 1

Rashid Riaz c Ali Naqvi b Shakeel 18

Adnan Raza c Nasir b Amjad 63

Umar Javed c Ahmed Said b Amjad 12

Shahzad Siddique c Ahmed Said b Sajid 24

Mohammad Hussain b Amjad 6

Anwar Hafeez b Nasir 23

Zulqarnain Haider run out 9

Asif Raza b Nasir 9

Irfan Fazil not out 1

EXTRAS (LB-3, W-5, NB-7) 15

TOTAL (all out, 49.5 overs) 223

FALL OF WKTS: 1-7, 2-41, 3-107, 4-142, 5-155, 6-174, 7-204, 8-210, 9-222.

BOWLING: Shakeelur Rahman 10-5-13-1; Sajid Shah 9-0-48-1; Nasir Jalil 8.5-1-35-2; Ali Naqvi 2-0-19-0; Riaz Kail 10-0-59-0; Amjad Waqas 10-0-46-4.

ABBOTTABAD RHINOS:

Zafar Jadoon not out 127

Azhar Ali b Asif 17

Sajid Shah b Anwar 19

Ali Naqvi not out 52

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-4, NB-6) 11

TOTAL (for two wkts, 25.5 overs) 226

FALL OF WKTS: 1-21, 2-58.

DID NOT BAT: Ashraf Ali, Riaz Kail, Bilal Marwat, Ahmed Said, Nasir Jalil, Amjad Waqas, Shakeelur Rahman.

BOWLING: Irfan Fazil 5-0-28-0; Asif Raza 5-0-32-1; Mohammad Hussain 5-0-55-0; Anwar Hafeez 7-0-80-1; Adnan Raza 2-0-14-0; Shahzad Siddique 1.5-0-16-0.

UMPIRES: M. Akbar Khan and Rasheed Bhatti.

MATCH REFEREE: Naeem Ahmed.