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KARACHI, Feb 28: Sialkot Stallions continued their winning spree in the ABN-Amro One-day Gold League Cup with a four-wicket success against Lahore Eagles at the NBP Sports Complex here on Wednesday.

Despite losing the first four wickets for 18 runs — including Atiq-ur-Rehman, Shahid Yousuf and Ayub Dogar for ducks — the Stallions reached their target of 171 in the 43rd over with Shahzad Malik (59 off 88 balls, five fours), Abdur Rehman (36), Mansoor Amjad (29) and Hafiz Khalid (25) leading the way.

The Eagles were earlier bowled out for 170 in the 41st over. Pacers Kashif Raza and Tahir Mughal claimed three for 63 and two for 27, respectively while Aamir Sajjad top-scored with 39 for the Eagles.

In Monday’s first round fixture, the Stallions had defeated Peshawar Panthers by an identical margin at the National Stadium.

Scoreboard

LAHORE EAGLES:

Imran Farhat c Sarfraz b Kashif 24

Humayun Farhat c Ayub b Kashif 31

Nasir Jamshed run out 2

Aamir Sajjad run out 39

Jahangir Mirza c Khalid b Tahir 6

Sohail Ahmed c Ayub b Tahir 8

Ashraf Ali lbw b Kashif 8

Arsalan Mir lbw b Rehman 3

Mohammad Hussain run out 21

Junaid Zia not out 11

Mohammad Khalil c Khalid b Mansoor 1

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-3, W-9, NB-2) 16

TOTAL (all out, 40.4 overs) 170

FALL OF WKTS: 1-37, 2-45, 3-81, 4-98, 5-122, 6-122, 7-127, 8-147, 9-168.

BOWLING: Sarfraz Ahmed 7-1-26-0 (3w); Kashif Raza 10-0-63-3 (2nb, 3w); Tahir Mughal 10-2-27-2 (1w); Mansoor Amjad 8.4-0-23-1 (1w); Abdur Rehman 5-0-28-1 (1w).

SIALKOT STALLIONS:

Qaiser Abbas c Humayun b Khalil 12

Atiq-ur-Rehman c Jahangir b Junaid 0

Shahid Yousuf c Ashraf b Junaid 0

Ayub Dogar lbw b Khalil 0

Shahzad Malik c Imran b Junaid 59

Mansoor Amjad st Humayun b Hussain 29

Abdur Rehman not out 36

Hafiz Khalid not out 25

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-8, NB-1) 10

TOTAL (for six wkts, 42.1 overs) 171

FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-18, 3-18, 4-18, 5-88, 6-125.

DID NOT BAT: Tahir Mughal, Kashif Raza, Sarfraz Ahmed.

BOWLING: Mohammad Khalil 8.1-1-24-2 (6w); Junaid Zia 10-2-41-3 (1w); Arsalan Mir 3-0-18-0; Mohammad Hussain 9-0-40-1; Imran Farhat 2-0-10-0 (1w); Sohail Ahmed 10-0-37-0 (1nb).

RESULT: Sialkot Stallions won by four wickets.

UMPIRES: Salim Badar and Afzaal Ahmed.

MATCH REFEREE: Anwar Khan.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Syed Imran Ali.