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April 27, 2006	Thursday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 28, 1427

EurAsia Cricket Series: Winning start by Pakistan ‘A’

By Our Sports Reporter

KARACHI, April 26: Pakistan ‘A’ opened their campaign in the inaugural EurAsia Cricket Series with a comfortable 123-run victory over Holland ‘A’ at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.

After piling up 306 for four in their 50 overs, Pakistan ‘A’ restricted their Group ‘A’ opponents to 183 for eight after winning the toss in the day/night tournament.

The highlight of Pakistan ‘A’s innings was a blazing unbeaten 77 by Bazid Khan, son of Pakistan batting great Majid.

Bazid, who faced 50 balls and struck 11 boundaries, dominated the unbroken fifth-wicket partnership of 121 with Misbahul Haq(45 off 37 balls, seven fours).

Earlier, Taufiq Umar (62 off 96 balls, six fours) and Mohammad Hafeez (57 off 63 balls, six fours) added 97 for the second wicket.

It was Holland ‘A’s second defeat after India ‘A’ annihilated them by 202 runs on Sunday.

Hosts United Arab Emirates emerged victorious in the tournament’s opening match on Saturday when they beat Ireland ‘A’ by eight wickets in Group ‘B’.

Ireland ‘A’ also lost to Sri Lanka ‘A’ in Monday’s tie by 87 runs.

Scoreboard

PAKISTAN ‘A’:

Yasir Hameed run out 25

Taufiq Umar c Jonkman b Bukhari 62

M. Hafeez c Kervezee b van Bunge 57

Hasan Raza lbw b Bukhari 24

Misbahul Haq not out 45

Bazid Khan not out 77

EXTRAS (LB-4, W-7, NB-5) 16

TOTAL (for four wkts, 50 overs) 306

FALL OF WKTS: 1-49, 2-146, 3-181, 4-185.

DID NOT BAT: Yasir Arafat, Mansoor Amjad, Zulqarnain Haider, Samiullah Niazi, Umar Gul.

BOWLING: Bukhari 10-0-50-2 (1w); Ghaznavi 3-1-25-0 (5nb, 3w); Borren 10-0-55-0; Jonkmen 9-0-51-0; Seelaar 10-0-48-0; van Bunge 6-0-49-1 (1w); Kervezee 2-0-24-0.

HOLLAND ‘A’:

T.N. de Grooth b Umar 1

Van Nierop c Zulqarnain b Y. Arafat 0

A. Buurman c Taufiq b Mansoor 29

D.L.S. van Bunge lbw b Mansoor 20

A.N. Kervezee b Sami 25

P.W. Borren c Zulqarnain b Hasan 45

M. Bukhari run out 5

J. Smits not out 9

P.M. Seelaar st Zulqarnain b Hasan 2

M. Jonkmen not out 12

EXTRAS (LB-20, W-10, NB-5) 35

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 183

FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-12, 3-67, 4-67, 5-151, 6-153, 7-160, 8-164.

DID NOT BAT: M. Ghaznavi.

BOWLING: Umar Gul 8-4-15-1 (2w); Yasir Arafat 6-1-23-1 (1nb, 3w); Samiullah Niazi 9-1-27-1 (2w); Mansoor Amjad 10-0-51-2 (1nb, 2w); Mohammad Hafeez 8-2-11-0; Taufiq Umar 5-0-7-0; Hasan Raza 4-0-29-2 (1w).

Results of other matches played earlier:

UAE beat Ireland ‘A’ by eight wickets.

IRELAND ‘A’ 132 in 46.4 overs (G.C. Wilson 58; Zahid Shah 2-14, Ali Asad 2-17); UAE 133-2 in 27 overs (Abdul Rehman 37, not out, Amjad Javed 33, Saqib Ali 32 not out).

India ‘A’ beat Holland ‘A’ by 202 runs.

INDIA ‘A’ 311-4 in 50 overs (S. Dhawan 127, A.R. Uthappa 116, R.S. Sodhi 22 not out; E. van Giezen 3-48); HOLLAND ‘A’ 109 in 29.2 overs (A. Buurman 53, A.N. Kervezee 26; Piyush Chawla 3-11, V.R. Singh 3-43).

Sri Lanka ‘A’ beat Ireland ‘A’ by 87 runs.

SRI LANKA ‘A’ 261-7 in 50 overs (S. Weerakoon 53 not out, U.D.U. Chandana 46 not out, H.G.J.M. Kulatunga 42, L.P.C. Silva 37; J.F. Mooney 4-43); IRELAND ‘A’ 174 in 43 overs (W.T.S. Porterfield 73, M.J. Fourie 30; S. Weerakoon 2-18, K.T.G.D. Prasad 2-26).