Shahid guides Pakistan to victory

Published August 27, 2003

COLOMBO, Aug 26: Middle-order batsman Shahid Yousaf cracked a stylish unbeaten

136 and led Pakistan Under-19 to a narrow two wickets victory over their Sri Lankan counterparts in a thrilling finish to the first one-day match at Tyronne Fernando Stadium on Monday.

The visiting side won the toss but elected to field and dismissed the home team for 219.

Pakistan thanks to Sialkot-born 17-year-old Shahid achieved the targets with 11 balls to spare. He faced 144 balls and struck 12 fours and four sixes.

Scoreboard

Sri Lanka U-19:

WU Tharanga c Jahangir b Adeel 31

NP Navela lbw b Adeel 14

HE Vithana c Amir Yousaf b Altaf 21

JK Silva lbw b Riaz 5

Kulasekara c A. Raheem b Salman Qadir 40

MF Maharoof c Naeem Ahmed b Amir 11

RWMGA Ratnayake not out 48

WMMS Dias c & b Salman Qadir 20

AD Mathews run out 5

MMM Suraj lbw b Jahangir 3

AD Abeydeera run out 5

Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 7, nb 1) 10

Total (all out, 49.4 overs) 213

FALL OF WCKTS: 1-42, 2-51, 3-72 4-73, 5-90, 6-151, 7-188, 8-198, 9-203, 10-213.

Bowling: Riaz Afridi 9 1 44 1 (1w) Adeel Malik 7 0 47 2 (3w) Amir Yousaf 6 1 28 1 (1nb, 1w) Mohammad Altaf 8 0 23 1 (1w) Salman Qadir 10 1 24 2 Jahangir Mirza 7.4 0 29 1 (1w) Afaq Raheem 2 0 16 0

Pakistan U-19:

Khalid Latif c Maharoof b Kulasekara 17

Jahangir Mirza b Maharoof 0

Afaq Raheem lbw b Maharoof 0

Shahid Yousuf not out 136

Yasir Arafat b Ratnayake 13

Salman Qadir c Vithana b Suraj 2

Mohammad Altaf lbw b Abeydeera 7

Naeem Ahmed c Tharanga b Maharoof 22

Adeel Malik b Maharoof 3

Riaz Afridi not out 2

Extras (lb 1, w 8, nb 3) 12

Total (8 wickets, 48.1 overs) 214

DID NOT BAT: Amir Yousaf.

FALL OF WCKTS: 1-1, 2-1, 3-54, 4-90, 5-93, 6-119, 7-185, 8-200.

Bowling: Maharoof 8.1 1 35 4 (2nb, 1w) Mathews 4 0 21 0 Kulasekara 5 1 21 1 Abeydeera 10 2 34 1 Suraj 10 2 40 1 (1nb, 1w) Ratnayake 10 0 55 1 Vithana 1 0 7 0

Umpires: C Mahesh and A Gamage

Man-of-the-Match: Shahid Yousuf.

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