March 18, 2006	Saturday	Safar 17, 1427

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KARACHI, March 17: Saeed Anwar lashed a superb 166 as Multan Tigers secured a convincing six-wicket victory over Peshawar Panthers in the Gold League fixture of the National One-day Regional cricket tournament at the UBL Sports Complex on Friday.

Saeed, a left-hander like his illustrious namesake who played for Pakistan, smashed 22 fours and one six in his 148-ball innings that set up the victory march.

Saeed, who began his assault on the Panthers bowling with four consecutive boundaries in Riaz Afridi’s second over, was eventually out when just four were required.

Asif Iqbal also played a fine hand with a 54-ball 50 and helped Saeed add 107 in 117 balls.

Earlier, the Panthers failed to take advantage of the splendid platform provided by Mohammad Fayyaz (61 off 82 balls, six fours and two sixes) and Riffatullah Mohmand (85 off 82 balls, nine fours). The pair shared a first-wicket stand of 128 in 138 deliveries. Off-spinner Murtaza Hussain bowled well to finish with four for 38.

Scoreboard

PESHAWAR PANTHERS:

Mohammad Fayyaz c Kamran b Saeed 61

Riffatullah Mohmand c Irshad b Aamir 85

Yasir Hameed c A. Rauf b Murtaza 35

Sajjad Ahmed run out 2

Wajahatullah Wasti b Murtaza 16

Akhtar Sarfraz c Adnan b Murtaza 12

Taimur Khan not out 36

Riaz Afridi c Irshad b Murtaza 0

Arshad Khan run out 19

Fazle Akbar not out 1

EXTRAS (LB-2, W-2, NB-4) 8

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 275

FALL OF WKTS: 1-128, 2-163, 3-175, 4-201, 5-222, 6-236, 7-236, 8-266.

DID NOT BAT: Aslam Qureshi.

BOWLING: Kamran Hussain 8-1-51-0 (3nb); Abdur Rauf 3-0-17-0 (1nb); Mohammad Irshad 5-0-39-0 (1w); Zulfiqar Babar 9-0-55-0; Murtaza Hussain 10-0-39-4; Saeed Anwar 8-1-35-1; Aamir Bashir 7-0-37-1 (1w).

MULTAN TIGERS:

Saeed Anwar lbw b Riaz 166

Azhar Shafiq c Taimur b Arshad 12

Aamir Bashir c Wajahat b Fayyaz 30

Asif Iqbal lbw b Aslam 50

Bilal Khilji not out 7

Adnan Akmal not out 4

EXTRAS (W-8, NB-1) 9

TOTAL (for four wkts, 47.3 overs) 278

FALL OF WKTS: 1-67, 2-133, 3-240, 4-274.

DID NOT BAT: Kamran Hussain, Murtaza Hussain, Abdur Rauf, Mohammad Irshad, Zulfiqar Babar.

BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 7-0-49-0 (2w); Riaz Afridi 5.3-0-50-1 (1w); Taimur Khan 1-0-14-0; Arshad Khan 10-0-30-1 (1nb); Aslam Qureshi 10-0-37-1; Wajahatullah Wasti 6-0-44-0; Mohammad Fayyaz 8-0-54-1.

UMPIRES: Mian Aslam and Salim Badar.

MATCH REFEREE: Khateeb Rizwan.