Kamran stars for Multan

Published November 25, 2005

LAHORE, Nov 24: Left-arm paceman Kamran Hussain captured five for 30 to help Multan score an impressive 212-run win over leaders Sialkot in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League fixture at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Thursday.

Sialkot were bundled out for paltry 109 after being set a target of 322.

Earlier, Aamir Bashir converted his overnight 84 into 111 as the hosts declared their second innings at 223 for eight. The Multan skipper struck 15 fours and faced 192 balls.

Scoreboard

MULTAN (1st Innings) 302 (Azhar Shafiq 78, Saeed Anwar 61; Tahir Mughal 6-104).

SIALKOT (1st Innings), 204 (Mansoor Amjad 78; Mohammad Zahid 5-49).

MULTAN (2nd Innings, overnight 171-4):

Saeed Anwar Jr lbw b Mansoor 54

Usman Tariq b Asif 4

Azhar Shafiq b Asif 4

Aamir Bashir run out 111

Rehan Rafiq c Khalid b Zahid 3

Asif Iqbal c Faisal b Asif 37

Kamran Hussain run out 1

Adnan Akmal run out 0

Mohammad Irshad not out 3

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

TOTAL (for eight decl) 223

FALL OF WKTS: 1-13, 2-19, 3-112, 4-140, 5-212, 6-218, 7-222, 8-223.

BOWLING: Mohammad Asif 19-5-57-3; Tahir Mughal 11.3-5-32-0; Zahid Saeed 19-3-51-1; Mansoor Amjad 17-3-66-1; Faisal Naveed 4-1-10-0; Imran Nazir 1-0-3-0.

SIALKOT (2nd Innings):

Shahid Yousuf b Kamran 15

Faisal Naveed c and b Irshad 38

Atiqur Rahman b Kamran 4

Imran Nazir c Zahid b Kamran 4

Qaiser Abbas b Tahir 2

Shahzad Malik c Adnan b Irshad 7

Mansoor Amjad c Adnan b Irshad 23

Tahir Mughal c Aamir b Kamran 1

Hafiz Khalid c Usman b Kamran 0

Zahid Saeed b Zahid 6

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-1, NB-4) 9

TOTAL (all out, 26.4 overs) 109

FALL OF WKTS: 1-22, 2-37, 3-41, 4-43, 5-77, 6-77, 7-81, 8-81, 9-100.

BOWLING: Mohammad Zahid 4-0-33-1; Kamran Hussain 12-5-30-5; Mohammad Irshad 6.4-1-23-3; Tahir Maqsood 4-0-28-1.

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