September 22, 2006	Friday	Sha'aban 28, 1427

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LAHORE, Sept 21: A sparkling century by opener Taskeen Qadeer and fine bowling by Sabahat Rasheed enabled Pakistan complete a 3-0 rout against Hong Kong in the World Cup qualifiers on Thursday.

The home team won the last match by a mammoth margin of 246 runs at Qadhafi Stadium.

Taskeen cracked 14 boundaries while making an unbeaten 106 off 134 balls.

Bismah Mahroof also excelled in striking a 109-ball 82, laced with 11 fours during a fine opening stand of 148 with Taskeen.

Pakistan eventually piled up 295 for four in their 50 overs.

For the third time running, Hong Kong's batting crumbled under pressure as they capitulated to 49 all out in just 18.2 overs.

Sabahat caused the main damage by returning remarkable figures of four wickets for four runs in 2.2 overs.

Scoreboard

PAKISTAN:

Taskeen Qadeer not out 106

Bismah Mahroof c Pratt b Gidwani 82

Batool Fatima b Sau Ha 16

Sana Mir c Mcllwraith b Chan 21

Sana Javed b Miles 1

Qanita Jalil not out 12

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-8, W-42, NB-3) 57

TOTAL (for four wkts, 50 overs) 295

FALL OF WKTS: 1-148, 2-198, 3-226, 4-269.

DID NOT BAT: Urooj Mumtaz Khan, Sajida Shah, Shumaila Mushtaq, Sabahat Rasheed, Asmavia Iqbal.

BOWLING: Miles 10-0-55-1; Chan 10-0-52-1; Gill 8-0-52-0; Gidwani 9-0-52-1; Sau Ha 10-0-52-1; Knott 3-0-20-0.

HONG KONG:

B. Chan lbw b Asmavia 0

S. Eames b Qanita 1

N. Miles c Asmavia b Sabahat 9

N.A. Pratt run out 10

K. Gill lbw b Qanita 0

S. Mcllwraith b Sabahat 1

R. Montgomery lbw b Sajida 10

K. Knott c Sana Javed b Sabahat 0

J. Atkinson not out 0

I. Gidwani b Sajida 0

C. Sau Ha b Sabahat 3

EXTRAS (W-15) 15

TOTAL (all out, 18.2 overs) 49

FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-7, 3-23, 4-23, 5-33, 6-42, 7-42, 8-46, 9-46.

BOWLING: Asmavia Iqbal 7-0-22-1; Qanita Jalil 7-3-11-2; Sabahat Rasheed 2.2-0-1-4-4; Sajida Shah 2-0-12-2.

RESULT: Pakistan won by 246 runs.

UMPIRES: Siddique Khan and Ahsan Raza.