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HYDERABAD, Dec 14: Pakistan Customs defeated last season’s runners-up Wapda by 30 runs in the Patron’s Cup Pool ‘A’ fixture at Niaz Stadium on Sunday.
Wapda, chasing a modest 199 in 50 overs, were bowled out for 168 in the 42nd over. Speedsters Imran Ali and Stephen John were the major wicket-takers, claiming four for 59 and three for 27, respectively.
Left-hander Naseem Khan top-scored for Customs with a quick 65 off 64 balls, hitting six boundaries.
Scoreboard
PAKISTAN CUSTOMS:
Kashif Siddique run out 22
Khurram Siddique run out 2
Naseem Khan c Adnan b Faisal 65
Bilal Khilji lbw b Rana Naveed 1
Aamir Bashir lbw b Rana Naveed 0
Kamran Hussain c Rana Naveed b Asif 11
Nisar Abbas run out 37
Shahbaz Butt b Rana Naveed 35
Atif Maqbool c and b Aqeel 7
Stephen John run out 2
Imran Ali not out 2
EXTRAS (LB-1, W-4, NB-10) 15
TOTAL (all out, 47.2 overs) 198
FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-59, 3-69, 4-71, 5-96, 6-131, 7-174, 8-186, 9-190.
BOWLING: Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 8.2-0-34-3 (5nb); Sarfraz Ahmed 9-0-35-0 (2nb); Faisal Irfan 10-1-43-1 (2nb, 1w); Aqeel Ahmed 10-0-46-1 (1nb, 2w); Asif Hussain 10-0-59-1 (1w).
WAPDA:
Tariq Aziz lbw b Imran 15
Adil Nisar c Shahbaz b John 35
Asif Hussain lbw b John 0
Hasan Adnan c Shahbaz b Aamir 7
Shoaib Khan c Shahbaz b John 1
Rizwan Malik lbw b Imran 27
Mohammad Zaman c Shahbaz b Bilal 20
Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan c and b Atif 23
Sarfraz Ahmed b Imran 18
Aqeel Ahmed not out 2
Faisal Irfan b Imran 0
EXTRAS (LB-6, W-3, NB-11) 20
TOTAL (all out, 41.5 overs) 168
FALL OF WKTS: 1-31, 2-32, 3-60, 4-65, 5-66, 6-104, 7-142, 8-150, 9-166.
BOWLING: Imran Ali 8.5-0-59-4 (1w); Stephen John 9-0-27-3 (3nb); Aamir Bashir 10-0-29-1 (7nb); Bilal Khilji 5-0-17-1; Atif Maqbool 5-0-20-1 (1w); Nisar Abbas 4-1-10-0 (1w).
