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| June 26, 2008 | Thursday | Jamadi-us-Sani 21, 1429 |
Pakistan crush frail HK in Asia Cup opener
KARACHI, June 25: Pakistan were in no mood to allow Hong Kong put up a resilient fight with bat in the Group ‘B’ Asia Cup opener while sealing a clinical victory at the National Stadium here on Tuesday night (also partly reported in Wednesday’s edition).
The margin of victory – 155 runs – amply illustrated the gulf between the teams as the amateur weekend cricketers from Hong Kong were strangulated inside 38 overs for 133 after the hosts had staged a grand recovery from 161 for seven to reach 288 for nine in their 50 overs.
Zain Abbas found the sweltering late evening unbearable and retired hurt with cramps in his legs. Tabarak (24 off 51) and tail-ender Najeeb Amar (21 off 25) also resisted somewhat to delay the inevitable outcome.
Scoreboard
PAKISTAN:
Salman Butt c Atkinson b Afzaal 0
Shoaib Malik c Hussain Butt b Irfan 35
Younis Khan st Atkinson b Nadeem 67
M. Yousuf c Afzaal b Nadeem 28
Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b Nadeem 2
Fawad Alam not out 63
Shahid Afridi c and b Nadeem 4
Sarfraz Ahmed run out 7
Sohail Tanvir sub (Lamsam) b Zain 59
Umar Gul c Nadeem b Irfan 8
Rao Iftikhar not out 3
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-10) 12
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 288
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-67, 3-121, 4-135, 5-140, 6-150, 7-161, 8-261, 9-283.
BOWLING: Afzaal Haider 7-0-51-1 (3w); Irfan Ahmed 10-0-59-2 (1w); Zain Abbas 6-0-56-1 (6w); Nadeem Ahmed 9-1-51-4; Najeeb Amar 10-0-35-0; Munir Dar 8-1-34-0.
HONG KONG:
Tabarak Dar lbw b Afridi 24
Sakhawat Ali c sub (Mansoor) b Sohail 8
Irfan Ahmed b Rao Iftikhar 0
Hussain Butt b Rao Iftikhar 4
C.K. Kruger b Sohail 0
Zain Abbas retired hurt 26
J.J. Atkinson b Afridi 18
Munir Dar run out 14
Najeeb Amar lbw b Younis 21
Nadeem Ahmed c Misbah b Fawad 2
Afzaal Haider not out 0
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-2, W-13) 16
TOTAL (all out, 37.2 overs) 133
FALL OF WKTS: 1-28, 2-28, 3-32, 4-45, 5-76, 6-102, 7-126, 8-133, 9-133.
BOWLING: Umar Gul 6-1-20-0; Sohail Tanvir 6-1-20-2 ((5w); Rao Iftikhar 6-1-18-2 (1w); Shahid Afridi 8-0-30-2 (3w); Shoaib Malik 8-0-31-0 (1w); Fawad Alam 2.2-0-8-1 (1w); Younis Khan 1-0-3-1 (1w).
RESULT: Pakistan won by 155 runs.
UMPIRES: A.L. Hill (New Zealand) and B.G. Jerling (South Africa).
TV UMPIRE: A.M. Saheba (India).
MATCH REFEREE: A.G. Hurst (Australia).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Sohail Tanvir (Pakistan).
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