Asif’s century sets up victory

Published October 28, 2005

KARACHI, Oct 27: A hurricane century by Asif Siddiqui inspired United Bank Limited (UBL) to an emphatic seven-wicket victory over ABN.Amro Bank in the AKU Sports and Rehabilitation Centre Twenty20 Ramazan Festival on Wednesday.

Asif blasted an unconquered 109 off 42 deliveries as UBL reached the traget with 4.1 overs to spare. The opener bludgeoned 13 fours and as many as seven sixes.

Summarised scores:

ABN-AMRO BANK 205-8 in 20 overs (Zulfiqar Lehri 45, Rashid Azeem 40, Aamir Aziz 34, Humair Shafaat 28; Nauman Siddiqui 2-28; Raza Mohsin 2-31);

UBL 207-3 in 15.5 overs (Asif Siddiqui 109, Tariq Iqbal 32 not out, M.A. Mannan 24; Salman Butt 2-53).

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