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KARACHI, Jan 22: Karachi’s Ali Asad and skipper Sarfraz Ahmed hit unbeaten half centuries and their 101-runs seventh wicket stand steered Pakistan under-19 to an exciting four wicket success over touring West Indies Junior team at National Stadium on Sunday.
Left handed Ali smashed a superb unbeaten 70 off 77 deliveries studded with eight boundaries and Sarfraz hammered a 55-ball 52 not out with four hits to the fence to set up victory.
At one stage the home team was tottering at 154 for six in 31st over with leg spinner Sharmarh Brooks taking three crucial wickets to cause the slump in home team’s fortunes.
Islamabad’s Muhammad Ibrahim played a dashing knock of 65 in 76 deliveries laced with ten powerful boundaries which tore apart West Indies bowling after Ali Khan went for five.
Brooks, besides getting rid of Riaz Kail (18), Ramiz Raja (11), also got the prized scalp of Ibrahim.
Earlier, put to bat first, West Indies teenagers posted 254 for nine wickets in their 50 overs. Kieron Pollard hit a sparkling 53 off 49 balls and it included four hits to the boundary and three over it.
Andre McCarthy banged 32 in 25 balls with four 4s and a six.
Captain Leon Johnson made a patient 49 off 100 balls with the aid of four boundaries. Gajanand Singh smashed an enterprising 41 in 53 balls, striking five boundaries.
Scoreboard
West Indies under-19
W. Perkins c Ali Asad b Jamshed 25
R. Ramdeen b Anwar 1
L. Johnson c Sarfraz b Imad 49
G. Singh run out 41
S. Brooks run out 10
K. Pollard b Jamshed 53
A. McCarthy c Laeeq b Anwar 32
J. Searles not out 12
S. Narine c Nasir b Usman 9
R. Bachan not out 3
Extras (LB-4, W-15) 19
Total (for 9 wkts in 50 overs) 254
Fall of wkts: 1-2, 2-43, 3-118, 4-133, 5-149, 6-212, 7-235, 8-249
Did not bat: Nelon Pascal
Bowling: Jamshed Ahmed 10-0-50-2 (2w), Anwar Ali 10-0-48-2 (4w), Ali Khan 6-0-25-0 (4w), Muhammad Ibrahim 1-0-7-0, Usman Malik 8-0-41-1, Muhammad Laeeq 9-0-46-0, Imad Wasim 6-0-33-1 (2w)
Pakistan Under-19
Ali Khan c Bachan b Javon 5
Nasir Jamshed c Gajanand b Bachan 17
M. Ibrahim c Ramdeen b Brooks 65
Riaz Kail c Perkins b Brooks 18
Ali Asad not out 70
Ramiz Raja c Bachan b Brooks 11
Muhammad Laeeq run out 0
Sarfraz not out 52
Extras (Lb-1, W-14, NB-2) 17
Total (for six wkts in 47.3 overs) 255
Fall of wkts: 1-8, 2-67, 3-106, 4-123, 5-150, 6-154
Did not bat: Anwar Ali, Jamshed Ahmed, Imad Wasim
Bowling: Javon Searles 8-0-54-1 (4w), Nelon Pascal 5-0-27-0, Richie Bachan 8.3-0-46-1 (2w), Sharmarh Brooks 10-1-34-3, Sunil Narine 9-0-52-0 (1nb2w), Andre McCarthy 7-0-41-0 Umpires: Riazuddin & Siddique Khan Match referee: Kahteeb Rizwan.—APP
