April 18, 2007	Wednesday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 29, 1428

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KARACHI, April 17: Abdur Rehman claimed a match haul of 11 for 141 as Habib Bank Limited (HBL) defeated Sindh by 118 runs on Tuesday to make sure of winning the Pentangular Cup this season.

Rehman, the Pakistan slow left-armer, fully exploited the slow UBL Sports Complex track in taking six for 83 on the third day pf the four-day fixture. Sindh were eventually dismissed for 184 after resuming their second innings at 33 for two.

But barring Shahid Qambrani, who made 49, the remaining batsmen had no answers to Rehman’s wiles and guiles. Shahid’s breezy knock contained two fours and three sixes.

Habib Bank’s second win in three matches took their points to 21 with one round still to play. Their nearest challengers, Punjab (15 points) have already finished their quota of games.

Scoreboard

HABIB BANK (1st Innings) 192 (Shahid Afridi 58; Azam Hussain 4-46).

SINDH (1st Innings) 139 (Rizwan Ahmed 75; Abdur Rehman 5-58).

HABIB BANK (2nd Innings) 249 (Imran Farhat 69; Azam Hussain 6-84).

SINDH (2nd Innings, overnight 33-2):

Agha Sabir lbw b Irfan 2

Wajihuddin c Khaqan b Rehman 14

Fahad Iqbal lbw b Sajid 16

Tanvir Ahmed run out 10

Shahid Qambrani c Taufiq b Afridi 49

Faisal Iqbal c Humayun b Rehman 5

Rizwan Ahmed c Irfan b Rehman 21

Amin-ur-Rehman lbw b Rehman 5

Tahir Khan not out 20

Azam Hussain b Rehman 26

Uzair-ul-Haq c Irfan b Rehman 6

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

TOTAL (all out, 47.5 overs) 184

FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-28, 3-45, 4-52, 5-64, 6-94, 7-130, 8-130, 9-168.

BOWLING: Irfan Fazil 6-2-17-1 (1nb); Fahad Masood 6-3-12-0; Shahid Afridi 15-0-46-0; Abdur Rehman 16.5-2-83-6; Sajid Shah 4-0-17-1.

RESULT: Habib Bank won by 118 runs.

UMPIRES: Siddique Khan and Iqbal Butt.

MATCH REFEREE: Naeem Ahmed.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Salman Hussain.