May 1, 2006	Monday	Rabi-us-Sani 2, 1427

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LAHORE, April 30: Half-centuries by Samir Dighe and Sanjeev Sharma helped Indian Seniors wrap-up the four-match series 3-1 against Pakistan Seniors, winning the last match by 30 runs at the Qadhafi Stadium on Sunday. Dighe hit a 42-ball 55 while opener Sharma scored 57 off 50 balls as the visitors mustered a formidable total 257-9 in 40 overs.

But Pakistan were restricted to 227-9 in the allotted overs.

Dighe cracked three towering sixes and four strokes to the fence while Sharma laced his knock with two sixes and three boundaries.

Opener Manoj Prabhakar (31, 38 balls, four fours) and Nayan Mongia (37, 38 balls) were the other key scorers.

Leg-spinner Abdul Qadir remained successful bowler, snaring four wickets for 53 runs. Off-spinner Ijaz Faqih earned three scalps for 37 runs.

Opener Aamir Sohail remained top-scorer with a speedy 39-ball 50, with eight fours and one six but his efforts went in vain. Mansoor Akhtar (38 off 48 balls, four fours), Ghaffar Kazmi (34 off 27 balls, two fours) were the other major scorers.

Medium-pacer Prabhakar took three wickets for 49 while spinner Sukhwinder Singh and Noel David picked up two wickets each for 29 and 43 runs.

Dighe was declared as Man-of-the-Match and received a cash prize of Rs15,000. Aamir earned Rs30,000 for hitting eight boundaries.

Summarised scores:

INDIA SENIORS 257-9 in 40 overs (Samir Dighe 55, Sanjeev Sharma 57, Nayan Mongia 37, Manoj Prabhakar 31, Mohammad Azharuddfin 26; Abdul Qadir 4-53, Ijaz Faqih 3-37).

PAKISTAN SENIORS 227-9 in 40 overs (Aamir Sohail 50, Mansoor Akhtar 38, Ghaffar Kazmi 34, Ashraf Ali 27, Ameer Akbar 23, Azam Khan 22; Manoj Prabhakar 3-49, Sukhwinder Singh 2-29, Noel David 2-43).