February 24, 2007	Saturday	Safar 6, 1428

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LAHORE, Feb 23: A fine unbeaten knock by Adnan Raza enabled Lahore Lions to earn six-wicket win against Hyderabad Hawks in the National One-day Cup Silver League at the LCCA ground on Friday.

Chasing a target of 187 to win, Adnan scored 61 as Lahore Lions achieved their objective

for the loss of four wickets in 43.4 overs. Adnan with Shahbaz Butt (35) added 97 runs in the unbroken fifth-wicket stand after the home team made a shaky start of losing four wickets for 93. Adnan hit four boundaries while facing 74 balls. Shahbaz cracked three boundaries in 52-ball knock.

Earlier, three wickets by leg-spinner Kashif Siddique bowled out Hyderabad for 186 in 48.4 overs, despite a fine knock of 86 by Shahid Qambrani. He struck one six and four boundaries off 104 balls. Rizwan Ahmed (31) was the second top scorer. Kashif gave away 29 runs.

Scoreboard

HYDERABAD HAWKS:

Faisal Athar c Junaid b Wasim 23

Aqeel Anjum lbw Wahab 9

Shahid Qambrani c Wasim b Ali 26

Rizwan Ahmed c Wahab b Kashif 31

Hanif-ur-Rehman lbw Kashif 3

Hanif Malik c Shahbaz b Ali 12

Noman Ali run out 2

Lal Kumarlbw Kashif 2

Nasir Awais b Wahab 9

Farhan Ayub c Taufeeq b Wasim 5

Amir not out 1

EXTRAS (W-1, NB-2) 3

TOTAL (all out, 48.4 overs) 186

BOWLING: Wasim Khan 8.4-0-27-2(1w); Wahab Riaz 9-1-23-2; Imran Ali 5-0-28-0; Asif Raza 6-0-32-0 (2nb); Kashif Siddique 10-1-29-3; Ali Azmat 10-0-47-2.

LAHORE LIONS.

Junaid Malik run out 37

Taufeeq Umar lbw Farhan 0

Rashid Riaz c Malik b Rizwan 26

Kashif Siddique c Aqeel b Hanif 15

Adnan Raza not out 61

Shahbaz Butt not out 35

EXTRAS (LB-4, W-8, NB-4) 16

TOTAL (for four wkts, 43.4 overs) 190

FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-66, 3-68, 4-93.

BOWLING: Farhan Ayub 10-2-38-0 (2w); Amir Brohi 8-3-21-0 (2w); Nasir Awais 10-0-33-0; Rizwan Ahmed 5-0-24-1; Hanif-ur-Rehman 2-0-14-1 (2w); Noman Ali 6-0-30-0 (2nb, 2w); Lal Kumar 1-0-11-0 (2nb); Faisal Athar 14-0-15-0.

RESULT: Lahore Lions win by six wickets.

UMPIRES: Riaz-ud-Din, Shakeel Khan.

MATCH-REFEREE: Abdul Sami Khan.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Syed Najam-us-Saeed.