Faisal shines for Karachi Zebras

Published March 11, 2007

KARACHI, March 10: Pakistan batsman Faisal Iqbal excelled with the bat and to help Karachi Zebras score a facile 25-run win over Interloop Wolves Faisalabad in the ABN-Amro One-day Gold League Cup at the NBP Sports Complex on Saturday.

Faisal scored 51 and took three catches. Later as an emergency wicket-keeper he stumped Ali Raza.

Scoreboard

KARACHI ZEBRAS:

Asif Zakir c Salman b Imran 37

Khurram Manzoor c Mannan b Shafqat 61

Agha Sabir lbw b Shafqat 26

Faisal Iqbal c Misbah b Shafqat 51

Hasan Raza c Naved b Shafqat 3

Mohtashim Ali lbw b Imran 15

Imran Javed b Naved 25

Tanvir Ahmed not out 10

Tahir Khan not out 0

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-2, W-13, NB-1) 20

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 248

FALL OF WKTS: 1-90, 2-131, 3-138, 4-146, 5-174, 6-235, 7-242.

DID NOT BAT: Rajesh Ramesh, Malik Aftab.

BOWLING: Faisal Afridi 8-0-35-0 (5w); Ali Raza 7-0-29-0 (1nb, 5w); Imran Khalid 10-0-47-2 (1w); Ijaz Ahmed Jr 10-0-33-0 (1w); Shafqat Shah 10-0-68-4; Naved Latif 5-0-30-1 (3w).

INTERLOOP WOLVES FAISALABAD:

Abdul Mannan c Faisal b Imran 45

Ammar Mahmood c Khurram b Imran 32

Abid Hussain c Mohtashim b Imran 22

Misbah-ul-Haq c Faisal b Aftab 4

Naved Latif c Khurram b Imran 0

Ijaz Ahmed Jr c Faisal b Imran 10

Mohammad Salman run out 35

Imran Khalid not out 44

Faisal Afridi c Khurram b Tahir 3

Ali Raza st Faisal b Hasan 1

Shafqat Shah c Tahir b Ramesh 11

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-4, W-6, NB-4) 16

TOTAL (all out, 47.3 overs) 223

FALL OF WKTS: 1-72, 2-95, 3-103, 4-106, 5-114, 6-124, 7-181, 8-187, 9-189.

BOWLING: Tanvir Ahmed 4-0-28-0 (1nb); Rajesh Ramesh 8.3-0-38-1 (1w); Malik Aftab 10-1-37-1; Tahir Khan 9-0-52-1; Imran Javed 10-1-39-5 (3nb, 5w); Asif Zakir 1-0-4-0; Hasan Raza 5-0-19-1 (1w).RESULT: Karachi Zebras won by 25 runs.

UMPIRES: Mian Aslam and Siddique Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Azhar Khan.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Syed Imran Ali.

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