LAHORE, Feb 11: Fine batting by skipper Adil Nisar, Jahangir Mirza and Tariq Aziz guided Wapda to an easy eight-wicket win over Service Industries in the Patron’s Cup Group ‘B’ tie at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Saturday.

Chasing 230, Wapda needed just 29.5 overs to reach their target.

Openers Adil and Jahangir each contributed 76.

Adil hit 14 boundaries in his belligerent 44-ball knock in the 94-run opening stand while Jahangir slammed nine fours and faced 79 balls.

Tariq Aziz was the other star with 74 before he was run out.

His 56-ball innings included nine fours and two sixes and dominated the second wicket stand of 133 with Jahangir.

Scoreboard

SERVICE INDUSTRIES:

Mohammad Ashfaq c Adil b Shabbir 10

Afaq Rahim c Said b Kashif 43

Masood Asim run out 32

Sohail Ahmed lbw b Kashif 1

Khurram Shahzad c and b Sarfraz 50

Mustansar Ali lbw b Farooq Iqbal 8

Mohammad Asif not out 54

Javed Butt run out 7

Mohammad Irshad c Sajjad b Kashif 7

Asim Butt not out 3

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-5, W-2, NB-6) 14

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 229

FALL OF WKTS: 1-22, 2-90, 3-94, 4-96, 5-109, 6-187, 7-208, 8-217.

BOWLING: Shabbir Ahmed 10-0-52-1; Sarfraz Ahmed 10-2-38-1; Kashif Raza 10-0-42-3; Farooq Iqbal 8-0-31-1; Ali Azmat 5-0-27-0; Jahangir Mirza 7-9-33-0.

WAPDA:

Adil Nisar c Ashfaq b Asim 76

Jahangir Mirza not out 76

Tariq Aziz run out 74

Aamir Sajjad not out 1

EXTRAS (LB-2, W-2) 4

TOTAL (for two wkts, 29.5 overs) 231

FALL OF WKTS: 1-94, 2-227.

BOWLING: Mohammad Irshad 7-0-47-0; Javed Butt 4-0-30-0; Asim Butt 4-0-41-1; Sohail Ahmed 6-0-40-0; Zeeshan Safir 4-0-34-0; Masood Asim 3-0-25-0; Muhammad Ashfaq 1-0-8-0; Khurram Shahzad 0.5-0-4-0.

RESULT: Wapda won by seven wickets.

UMPIRES: Iqbal Butt and Javed Iqbal.

MATCH REFEREE: Khalid Niazi.