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KARACHI, March 17: Saeed Anwar lashed a superb 166 as Multan Tigers secured a convincing six-wicket victory over Peshawar Panthers in the Gold League fixture of the National One-day Regional cricket tournament at the UBL Sports Complex on Friday.
Saeed, a left-hander like his illustrious namesake who played for Pakistan, smashed 22 fours and one six in his 148-ball innings that set up the victory march.
Saeed, who began his assault on the Panthers bowling with four consecutive boundaries in Riaz Afridi’s second over, was eventually out when just four were required.
Asif Iqbal also played a fine hand with a 54-ball 50 and helped Saeed add 107 in 117 balls.
Earlier, the Panthers failed to take advantage of the splendid platform provided by Mohammad Fayyaz (61 off 82 balls, six fours and two sixes) and Riffatullah Mohmand (85 off 82 balls, nine fours). The pair shared a first-wicket stand of 128 in 138 deliveries. Off-spinner Murtaza Hussain bowled well to finish with four for 38.
Scoreboard
PESHAWAR PANTHERS:
Mohammad Fayyaz c Kamran b Saeed 61
Riffatullah Mohmand c Irshad b Aamir 85
Yasir Hameed c A. Rauf b Murtaza 35
Sajjad Ahmed run out 2
Wajahatullah Wasti b Murtaza 16
Akhtar Sarfraz c Adnan b Murtaza 12
Taimur Khan not out 36
Riaz Afridi c Irshad b Murtaza 0
Arshad Khan run out 19
Fazle Akbar not out 1
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-2, NB-4) 8
TOTAL (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 275
FALL OF WKTS: 1-128, 2-163, 3-175, 4-201, 5-222, 6-236, 7-236, 8-266.
DID NOT BAT: Aslam Qureshi.
BOWLING: Kamran Hussain 8-1-51-0 (3nb); Abdur Rauf 3-0-17-0 (1nb); Mohammad Irshad 5-0-39-0 (1w); Zulfiqar Babar 9-0-55-0; Murtaza Hussain 10-0-39-4; Saeed Anwar 8-1-35-1; Aamir Bashir 7-0-37-1 (1w).
MULTAN TIGERS:
Saeed Anwar lbw b Riaz 166
Azhar Shafiq c Taimur b Arshad 12
Aamir Bashir c Wajahat b Fayyaz 30
Asif Iqbal lbw b Aslam 50
Bilal Khilji not out 7
Adnan Akmal not out 4
EXTRAS (W-8, NB-1) 9
TOTAL (for four wkts, 47.3 overs) 278
FALL OF WKTS: 1-67, 2-133, 3-240, 4-274.
DID NOT BAT: Kamran Hussain, Murtaza Hussain, Abdur Rauf, Mohammad Irshad, Zulfiqar Babar.
BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 7-0-49-0 (2w); Riaz Afridi 5.3-0-50-1 (1w); Taimur Khan 1-0-14-0; Arshad Khan 10-0-30-1 (1nb); Aslam Qureshi 10-0-37-1; Wajahatullah Wasti 6-0-44-0; Mohammad Fayyaz 8-0-54-1.
UMPIRES: Mian Aslam and Salim Badar.
MATCH REFEREE: Khateeb Rizwan.
