February 17, 2007	Saturday	Muharram 28, 1428

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KARACHI, Feb 16: Karachi Urban scored an easy 143-run victory over Faisalabad to finish on top of Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League standings at the UBL Sports Complex here on Friday.

Karachi Urban’s third win took their tally of points to 33, nine ahead of second-placed Sialkot. Both these teams will clash in the five-day final starting from Feb 19 at the Multan Cricket Stadium.

Resuming at 37 for three in pursuit of target of 313, Faisalabad’s remaining second-innings wickets fell for the addition of 132 runs on the fourth and final day. They eventually finished at 169 all out in 67.5 overs.

Opener Imran Ali scored 53 off 184 balls with five fours and skipper Misbah-ul-Haq made 33. Off-spinner Tahir Khan claimed three for 34 to end up with match figures of seven four 98.

Scoreboard

KARACHI URBAN (1st Innings) 354 (Agha Sabir 102, Saeed bin Nasir 52).

FAISALABAD (1st Innings) 200 (Misbah-ul-Haq 83 not out; Tahir Khan 4-64).

KARACHI URBAN (2nd Innings) 158 (Saeed Ajmal 6-49).

FAISALABAD (2nd Innings, overnight 37-3):

Imran Ali c Agha Sabir b Azam 53

Mohammad Salman b Tanvir 4

Asif Hussain run out 0

Tauqir Hussain c Amin b Imran 1

Misbah-ul-Haq c Amin b Imran 33

Ijaz Ahmed c Tahir b Tanvir 14

Naved Latif b Tahir 15

Imran Khalid not out 16

Ahmed Hayat run out 0

Saeed Ajmal c Faisal b Tahir 6

Asad Ali c sub b Tahir 4

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-5, W-3, NB-7) 23

TOTAL (all out, 67.5 overs) 169

FALL OF WKTS: 1-7, 2-7, 3-8, 4-60, 5-98, 6-135, 7-151, 8-153, 9-163.

BOWLING: Tanvir Ahmed 18-2-56-2 (4nb); Imran Javed 14-4-28-2 (3nb, 2w); Tahir Khan 19.5-7-34-3; Azam Hussain 16-3-38-1.

RESULT: Karachi Urban won by 143 runs.

UMPIRES: Mian Aslam and Siddique Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Saadat Ali.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Muhammad Ahsan.

Final standings

(Tabulated under played, won, lost, drawn, points):

Karachi Urban 6 3 2 1 33

Sialkot 6 3 0 3 24

Rawalpindi 6 2 2 2 21

Peshawar 6 2 3 1 18

Faisalabad 6 2 3 1 18

Karachi Harbour 6 1 3 2 18

Lahore Shalimar 6 0 2 4 6