April 7, 2006	Friday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 8, 1427

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LAHORE, April 6: All-round performance by Reema Malhotra and fine bowling by leg-spinner Rajwinder Kaur helped Delhi Blues beat PCB Greens by 45 runs to wrap-up the five match women series without losing a single match, at the LCCA ground on Thursday.

Kaur and Malhotra snared four and three wickets for 25 and 21 runs as PCB Greens were all out for 141 in 48 overs while chasing 187 for win.

Openers Taskeen Qadeer (33, four fours, 68 balls) and Urooj Mumtaz (28, two fours) gave a fine start of 53.

But after Urooj's dismissal the wickets fell like nine pins as nine batsmen were out after adding 88 runs.

Batting first, Malhotra struck 42 and was the top scorer to help her team score 186 all out in 47.1 overs. She cracked two fours.

Opener Asha Rawat (32, four fours), Rajni Sharma (33 not out, two fours) and Dipti Dhyani (31, two fours) were the other main contributors for the visitors.

Off-spinner Sajida Shah snapped up four wickets for 27 runs.

Summarised scores.

DELHI BLUES 186 all out, 47.1 overs (Reema Malhotra 42, Rajni Sharma 33, Asha Rawat 32, Dipti Dhyani 31; Sajida Shah 4-27, Anita Jalil 2-45).

PCB GREENS 141 all out, 48 overs (Taskeen Qadeer 33, Urooj Mumtaz 28, Nazia Nazir 19, Asmavia Iqbal 17; Rajwinder Kaur 4-25, Reema Malhotra 3-21).