October 21, 2006	Saturday	Ramazan 27, 1427

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LAHORE, Oct 20: Fine batting by Pakistan discard opener Salman Butt and devastating bowling by leg-spinner Salman Qadir propelled West Zone Whites to the final of the 1st Ameer Abdullah Khan Rokri Twenty20 Cup cricket, beating Farooq Kardar Eleven of North Zone by seven wickets on Friday.

Salman hit a knock of 80 runs off 60 balls with 10 boundaries and four sixes as West Zone Whites romped home scoring 169-3.

Earlier, Salman Qadir, son of legendary spinner Abdul Qadir, gave away 36 runs to capture four wickets, as the losers were all out for 168 in the allotted overs.

Salman Butt was declared Man-of-the-Match.

Summarized scores:

NORTH 168, 20 overs (Kamran Sajid 50, Kashif Rasheed 54; Salman Qadir 4-36).

WEST 169-3, 19.3 overs (Salman Butt 80, Imran Nazir 37, Faisal Javed 29).