February 22, 2007	Thursday	Safar 4, 1428

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LAHORE, Feb 21: Three wickets in opening spell by Wahab Riaz shook the batting line of the Abbottabad Rhinos and helped the Lahore Lions register a 121-run win in a one-day match of the National Silver League Cup at the Gaddafi Stadium on Wednesday.

Despite losing openers Salman Butt (2) and Taufeeq Umar (29) cheaply, the Lions scored 282 for loss of eight wickets in allotted 50 overs.

Adnan Raza and Zulqarnain Haider rescued them with timely half-centuries and added 92 runs for the fifth-wicket.

Adnan scored 57 on 75 deliveries while Zulqarnain struck 56 on 70 deliveries.

In reply, Abbottabad Rhinos were out for 161 for loss of nine wickets in 50 overs.

Left-arm medium-pacer Wahab Riaz led the destruction with three wickets for only nine runs in 10 overs.

Asif Khan (42) and Mohammad Saddique (40) were the only prominent scorers for the Rhinos.

Scoreboard

LAHORE LIONS

Salman Butt b Sajid 2

Taufiq Umar run out 29

Kashif Siddique c Asif b Nasir 39

Rashid Riaz c n b Dilawar 15

Adnan Raza c Asif b Dilawar 57

Zulqarnain Haider c Ahmed Saeed b Nasir 56

Salman Qadir c Bilal b Asif 16

Asif Raza b Riaz 28

Wahab Riaz not out 7

Imran Ali not out 7

EXTRAS (LB-8, W-17, NB-1) 26

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 282

FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-76, 3-86, 4-99, 5-191, 6-226, 7-254, 8-271.

BOWLING: Sajid Shah 7-0-54-1 (1nb, 6w); Nasir Jalil 10-0-60-2 (5w); Mohammad Siddique 10-1-31-0; Dilawar Khan 10-0-62-2 (5w); Asif Khan 6-0-22-1 (1w); Riaz Kail 7-0-45-1.

ABBOTTABAD RHINOS

Zafar Jadoon c Asif b Wahab 5

Bilal Marwat c Salman b Wahab 1

Sajid Shah b Wahab 7

Adnan Raees c Rashid b Imran 14

Ahmed Saeed c Imran b Salman 17

Riaz Kail b Salman 3

Gohar Ali lbw Salman 10

Asif Khan b Adnan 42

Nasir Jalil run out 10

Mohammad Siddique not out 40

Dilawar Khan not out 7

EXTRAS (LB-2, W-2, NB-1) 5

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 161

FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-11, 3-19, 4-28, 5-34, 6-60, 7-61, 8-84, 9-161.

BOWLING: Wasim Khan 5-0-26-0 (2w); Wahab Riaz 10-5-9-3; Imran Ali 5-3-11-1; Salman Qadir 10-1-24-1; Salman Butt 8-0-26-2; Asif Raza 4-0-20-0 (1nb); Kashif Raza 4-0-20-0; Adnan Raza 3-0-14-1; Rashid Riaz 1-0-9-0.

UMPIRES: Shakeel Khan, Riazuddin.

MATCH-REFEREE: Azhar Khan.

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