Adnan, Rashid star for Lions

Published March 12, 2006

LAHORE, March 11: Good batting by Adnan Raza and Rashid Riaz enabled Lahore Lions earn a three-wicket win against Hyderabad Hawks in the National One-day Regional Silver League match at the LCCA Ground on Saturday.

Adnan scored 69 while Rashid made 51 as the Lions overcame a strutting start to achieve their target of 200 in 44.3 overs.

Both Adnan and Rashid hit six boundaries and stabled the innings by adding 91 after the Lions lost three for 31.

Medium-pacer Naeemur Rahman took four for 47.

Earlier, the Hawks were dismissed for 199 after winning the toss. Shahid Qambrani was the leading scorer with 67.

Scoreboard

HYDERABAD HAWKS:

Akhtar Bangash c Nasir b Wasim 13

Aqeel Anjum b Irfan 39

Faisal Athar lbw Wasim 1

Hanifur Rahman c Zulqarnain b Irfan 10

Shahid Qambrani c Taufiq b Imran 67

Zafar Ali run out 0

Nauman Ali c Taufiq b Hussain 21

Shoaib Leghari b Hussain 12

Lal Kumar c Wasim b Taufiq 14

Kashif Raza not out 9

Naeemur Rahman c Taufiq b Wasim 5

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-4, NB-3) 8

TOTAL (all out, 50 overs) 199

FALL OF WKTS: 1-40, 2-44, 3-67, 4-72, 5-75, 6-129, 7-157, 8-172, 9-192.

BOWLING: Wasim Khan 10-1-36-3; Wahab Riaz 5-0-18-0; Irfan Fazil 7-0-25-2 (3nb); Imran Tahir 10-2-34-1; Mohammad Hussain 10-0-44-2; Taufiq Umar 8-0-37-1.

LAHORE LIONS:

Taufiq Umar c Aqeel b Lal Kumar 6

Shahnawaz Malik c Hanif b Kashif 8

Nasir Jamshed c Aqeel b Naeem 5

Rashid Riaz c Hanif b Leghari 51

Adnan Raza not out 69

Zulqarnain Haider lbw b Naeem 11

Mohammad Hussain lbw b Naeem 0

Irfan Fazil lbw b Naeem 6

Imran Tahir not out 26

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-9, W-9, NB-2) 21

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 44.3 overs) 203

FALL OF WKTS: 1-18, 2-24, 3-31, 4-122, 5-143, 6-148, 7-157.

BOWLING: Kashif Raza 10-2-31-1 (1nb, 3w); Naeemur Rahman 10-0-47-4 (2w); Lal Kumar 6.3-0-41-1 (1nb, 1w); Shoaib Leghari 10-2-39-0 (1w); Nauman Ali 6-0-27-1 (1w); Hanifur Rahman 2-0-8-0 (1w).

UMPIRES: Z.I. Pasha and Iqbal Butt.

MATCH REFEREE: Ishtiaq Ahmed.

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