Dolphins fall prey to Eagles

Published March 6, 2007

KARACHI, March 5: Lahore Eagles kept their hopes of making the final of ABN-Amro One-day Gold League Cup after defeating Karachi Dolphins by 73 runs at the UBL Sports Complex here on Sunday.

The Dolphins crashed to 154 all out in pursuit of a target of 228. Fawwad Alam was left stranded on an unbeaten 58 as left-arm paceman Mohammad Khalil took four for 26.

Scoreboard

LAHORE EAGLES:

Humayun Farhat c Fawwad b Anwar 8

Imran Farhat c Nauman b Uzair 25

Nasir Jamshed c Sarfraz b Uzair 14

Aamir Sajjad c Khalid b Fawwad 26

Kamran Sajid c Nauman b Wasim 1

Arsalan Mir run out 58

Mohammad Hussain c Khalid b Atif 27

Sohail Ahmed run out 25

Junaid Zia c Sarfraz b Anwar 21

Mohammad Khalil not out 3

Usman Malik not out 3

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-15) 16

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 227

FALL OF WKTS: 1-13, 2-50, 3-51, 4-52, 5-104, 6-165, 7-190.

BOWLING: Anwar Ali Khan 10-2-50-2 (5w); Tariq Haroon 5-1-20-0 (1w); Uzair-ul-Haq 8-0-52-2 (1w); Wasim Naeem 7-1-24-1; Atiq Maqbool 10-2-34-1 (2w); Fawwad Alam 10-1-46-1 (2w).

KARACHI DOLPHINS:

Khalid Latif c Humayun b Khalil 5

Wajihuddin run out 17

Naumanullah c Humayun b Khalil 11

Atif Ali Zaidi c Humayun b Khalil 2

Fawwad Alam not out 58

Wasim Naeem c Aamir b Usman 19

Tariq Haroon lbw b Hussain 2

Sarfraz Ahmed c Humayun b Sohail 14

Anwar Ali Khan c Nasir b Hussain 4

Atiq Maqbool c Aamir b Khalil 3

Uzair-ul-Haq c sub b Junaid 4

EXTRAS (LB-6, W-8, NB-1) 15

TOTAL (all out, 47 overs) 154

FALL OF WKTS: 1-23, 2-24, 3-25, 4-57, 5-84, 6-90, 7-126, 8-131, 9-149.

BOWLING: Mohammad Khalil 10-2-26-4 (1nb, 1w); Junaid Zia 8-1-27-1 (3w); Sohail Ahmed 9-0-35-1 (1w); Usman Malik 10-1-28-1 (3w); Mohammad Hussain 10-0-32-2.

RESULT: Lahore Eagles won by 73 runs.

UMPIRES: Zameer Haider and Kaukab Butt.

MATCH REFEREE: Anwar Khan.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Muhammad Ahsan.

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