KARACHI, March 10: Despite suffering a 26-run defeat against Lahore Eagles at the UBL Sports Complex on Saturday, Peshawar Panthers qualified for the final of the ABN-Amro One-day Gold League Cup.

The Panthers finished level on points with Eagles and Karachi Dolphins but went through with a better net run-rate.

Scoreboard

LAHORE EAGLES:

Imran Farhat lbw b Fazle 5

Nasir Jamshed c Janisar b Waqar 16

Aamir Sajjad st Zulfiqar b Zohaib 31

Jahangir Mirza c Arshad b Zohaib 31

Arsalan Mir st Zulfiqar b Zohaib 2

Humayun Farhat st Zulfiqar b Zohaib 55

Mohammad Hussain st Zulfiqar b Fayyaz 21

Junaid Zia b Fazle 19

Usman Malik not out 15

Irfan Fazil b Zohaib 5

Mohammad Khalil lbw b Zohaib 1

EXTRAS (LB-4, W-5, NB-4) 13

TOTAL (all out, 47.5 overs) 214

FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-32, 3-82, 4-89, 5-96, 6-144, 7-196, 8-200, 9-212.

BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 8-0-33-2 (2nb, 2w); Waqar Ahmed 7-3-13-1; Janisar Khan 4-0-26-0 (2nb); Arshad Khan 10-0-31-0 (1w); Zohaib Khan 8.5-0-37-6; Mohammad Fayyaz 8-0-45-1 (2w); Riffatullah Mohmand 2-0-25-0.

PESHAWAR PANTHERS:

Yasir Hameed c Aamir b Irfan 47

Riffatullah Mohmand c Humayun b Irfan 20

Aftab Khan c Humayun b Hussain 1

Wajahatullah Wasti c Humayun b Khalil 25

Mohammad Fayyaz c Aamir b Khalil 16

Janisar Khan not out 33

Zulfiqar Jan b Junaid 19

Arshad Khan c Arsalan b Usman 5

Zohaib Khan c Junaid b Usman 13

Waqar Ahmed not out 1

EXTRAS (W-4, NB-4) 8

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 188

FALL OF WKTS: 1-69, 2-72, 3-72, 4-109, 5-122, 6-152, 7-159, 8-180.

DID NOT BAT: Fazle Akbar.

BOWLING: Mohammad Khalil 10-2-55-2 (2nb); Junaid Zia 10-0-56-1 (3w); Mohammad Hussain 9.5-3-20-1; Irfan Fazil 10-3-25-2 (2nb); Aamir Sajjad 0.1-0-0-0; Imran Farhat 2-0-14-0; Usman Malik 8-0-18-2 (1w).

RESULT: Lahore Eagles won by 26 runs.

UMPIRES: Salim Badar and Shakeel Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Ishtiaq Ahmed.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Shahnawaz Soomro.