Twenty20: Pakistan XI defeated

Published October 31, 2005

LAHORE, Oct 30: A 98-run stand between Hasan Raza (57) and Humayun Farhat (54) helped Rest of Pakistan earn a 22-run win against Pakistan XI in the Twenty20 match at the Qadhafi Stadium under floodlights on Sunday to raise funds for the Oct 8 earthquake victims.

Set to score 189, Pakistan XI batting line up faltered before scoring 166 for nine in the allotted overs.

Scoreboard

REST of PAKISTAN:

Taufiq Umar c Adnan b Rana Naved 2

Imran Farhat c Adnan b Rana Naved 4

Riffatullah Mohmand run out 11

Hasan Raza c and b Shoaib 57

Humayun Farhat c Iftikhar b Shoaib 54

Shoaib Akhtar c Umar Gul b Shoaib 25

Mansoor Amjad c and b Shoaib 23

Junaid Zia not out 0

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-5, W-4, NB-2) 12

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 20 overs) 188

FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-16, 3-28, 4-126, 5-146, 6-167, 7-188.

BOWLING: Rana Navedul Hasan 3-0-21-2; Umar Gul 3-0-16-0; Rao Iftikhar 2-0-22-0; Shahid Afridi 4-0-30-0; Danish Kaneria 4-0-45-0; Shoaib Malik 3-0-39-4; Younis Khan 1-0-9-0.

PAKISTAN XI:

Salman Butt c Taufiq b Junaid 10

Shahid Afridi b Shabbir 0

Shoaib Malik c Taufiq b Shabbir 4

Mohammad Yousuf c Imran b Junaid 36

Inzamamul Haq c Humayun b Sohail 19

Taimur Khan run out 17

Adnan Akmal c Shabbir b Mansoor 15

Rana Navedul Hasan c Imran b Taufiq 24

Rao Iftikhar st Humayun b Mansoor 10

Danish Kaneria not out 23

Umar Gul not out 2

EXTRAS (LB-2, W-2, NB-2) 6

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 20 overs) 166

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-11, 3-43,4-48, 5-74, 6-106, 7-107, 8-141, 9-143.

BOWLING: Shoaib Akhtar 4-1-20-0; Shabbir Ahmed 4-0-24-2; Junaid Zia 4-0-34-2; Sohail Ahmed 3-0-27-1; Mansoor Amjad 3-0-39-2; Taufiq Umar 2-0-20-1.

RESULT: Rest of Pakistan won by 22 runs.

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