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April 30, 2006	Sunday	Rabi-us-Sani 1, 1427

Pakistan ‘A’ beaten by India

By Our Sports Reporter

KARACHI, April 29: Pakistan ‘A’ suffered their first defeat in the EurAsia Cricket Series when they went down to India ‘A’ by 34 runs at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Friday night.

Chasing a somewhat stiff target of 270, the Pakistanis were bowled out for 235 at the start of the final over with Vikram Singh grabbing three for 33.

Vikram, who was adjudged Man-of-the-Match, put Pakistan ‘A’ in trouble from the start by sending back Yasir Hameed (1) and pinch-hitter Mansoor Amjad (4).

He later returned to get rid of Yasir Arafat for a four-ball duck.

Opener Taufiq Umar made 51 off 84 balls with five boundaries. But it was Bazid Khan who kept his team’s hopes alive with another fine innings.

Following his unbeaten 77 against Holland ‘A’ in the first match, Bazid once again was the top-scorer. This time he contributed 87 off 107 deliveries in a knock that was laced with four fours and two sixes.

Earlier India ‘A’ owed their total of 269 for six to half centuries from Robin Uthappa, Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma after skipper Venugopal Rao elected to bat first.

Uthappa and Dhawan launched the Indian innings in style by putting on exactly 100 in just over 16 overs with each scoring 52. Dhawan, the more aggressive partner, struck 11 fours in his 51-ball knock while Uthappa’s 61-ball innings contained six boundaries.

Sharma then stroked a 71-ball 62 with the aid of four fours and one six.

Sri Lanka ‘A’, meanwhile, survived a close before struggling to a two-wicket win over UAE on Thursday. The highlight of the match was provided by Khurram Khan, who hit 107 for the losers.

Scoreboard

INDIA ‘A’:

A.R. Uthappa lbw b Mansoor 52

S. Dhawan st Zulqarnain b Hafeez 52

Y. Venugopal Rao c Hasan b Hafeez 45

Rohit Sharma c Irshad b Umar Gul 62

D. Karthik c Yasir Hameed b Mansoor 33

R.S. Sodhi not out 3

S. Badrinath c Misbah b Umar Gul 1

R.S. Jadeja not out 5

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-1, W-10, NB-3) 16

TOTAL (for six wkts, 50 overs) 269

FALL OF WKTS: 1-100, 2-121, 3-186, 4-254, 5-259, 6-263.

DID NOT BAT: Piyush Chawla, R.P. Singh, V.R. Singh.

BOWLING: Umar Gul 10-1-51-2 (2w); Mohammad Irshad 4-0-27-0 (2nb); Yasir Arafat 10-1-57-0; Mohammad Hafeez 10-0-53-2 (2w); Mansoor Amjad 10-0-49-2 (1nb, 2w); Taufiq Umar 6-0-29-0 (4w).

PAKISTAN ‘A’:

Yasir Hameed lbw b V.R. Singh 1

Taufiq Umar b Jadeja 51

Mohammad Hafeez b R.P. Singh 13

Mansoor Amjad b V.R. Singh 4

Bazid Khan c Dhawan b Jadeja 87

Hasan Raza st Karthik b Chawla 11

Misbahul Haq c Sharma b Sodhi 17

Yasir Arafat b V.R. Singh 0

Zulqarnain Haider c R.P. Singh b Sodhi 1

Umar Gul b R.P. Singh 5

Mohammad Irshad not out 6

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-20, W-13, NB-2) 39

TOTAL (all out, 49.1 overs) 235

FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 2-40, 3-53, 4-125, 5-146, 6-170, 7-171, 8-186, 9-212.

BOWLING: V.R. Singh 10-1-33-3 (3w); R.P. Singh 9-0-39-2 (2nb, 3w); Sodhi 6-0-34-2; Jadeja 9.1-2-28-2 (2w); Piyush Chawla 10-0-46-1; Venugopal Rao 2-0-10-0 (2w); Badrinath 3-0-21-0 (3w).

UMPIRES: R. Martinesz (Sri Lanka) and S.S. Prasad (Singapore).

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: V.R. Singh.

Result of match played on Thursday:

Sri Lanka ‘A’ beat UAE by two wickets.

UAE 258-9 in 50 overs (Khurram Khan 107 not out, Fahad Usman 51, Amjad Javed 23, Abdul Rehman 23; L.H.D. Dilhara 2-23, U.D.U. Chandana 2-43, G. Wijekoon 2-48, B.S.M. Warnapura 2-50); SRI LANKA ‘A’ 259-8 in 49.5 overs (D.A. Gunawardene 94, J.K. Silva 79, B.S.M. Warnapura 31; Arshad Ali 3-35, Mohammad Tauqir 2-32, Khurram Khan 2-42).