Panthers triumph

Published March 6, 2007

KARACHI, March 5: Despite posting a modest total, Peshawar Panthers eased to a comfortable 72-run victory over Rawalpindi Rams in the ABN-Amro One-day Gold League Cup at the NBP Sports Complex here on Sunday.

Chasing 212, the Rams were bundled out for 139 with ex-Test pacer Fazle Akbar taking three for 17.

Scoreboard

PESHAWAR PANTHERS:

Yasir Hameed c Usman b Sohail 35

Riffatullah Mohmand c Ali Sarfraz b Rizwan 34

Aftab Khan run out 4

Mohammad Fayyaz c and b Babar 40

Wajahatullah Wasti c Naveed b Babar 26

Zulfiqar Jan c Naveed b Najaf 26

Zohaib Khan c Naveed b Sohail 16

Riaz Afridi c Usman b Babar 4

Arshad Khan b Najaf 1

Waqar Ahmed run out 5

Fazle Akbar not out 3

EXTRAS (LB-2, W-14, NB-1) 17

TOTAL (all out, 50 overs) 211

FALL OF WKTS: 1-77, 2-85, 3-85, 4-149, 5-160, 6-190, 7-201, 8-203, 9-204.

BOWLING: Najaf Shah 7-0-32-2 (1nb, 1w); Akhtar Ayub 6-1-29-0 (2w); Rizwan Akbar 9-0-37-1 (1w); Sohail Tanvir 8-1-34-2 (2w); Yasim Murtaza 10-1-38-0; Naveed Qureshi 2-0-6-0 (1w); Babar Naeem 8-0-33-3 (1w).

RAWALPINDI RAMS:

Najam-ul-Hasan lbw b Waqar 2

Babar Naeem b Fazle 5

Ali Sarfraz b Riaz 24

Naveed Qureshi c Arshad b Zohaib 29

Mohammad Wasim lbw b Aftab 32

Usman Saeed b Zohaib 3

Sohail Tanvir c Riffat b Arshad 1

Yasim Murtaza c Arshad b Zohaib 23

Najaf Shah b Fazle 9

Akhtar Ayub c Zohaib b Fazle 5

Rizwan Akbar not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-4, W-1, NB-1) 6

TOTAL (all out, 45.3 overs) 139

FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-11, 3-45, 4-85, 5-89, 6-92, 7-103, 8-122, 9-138.

BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 7.3-2-17-3; Waqar Ahmed 7-1-29-1; Riaz Afridi 6-0-26-1; Arshad Khan 10-1-23-1 (1w); Zohaib Khan 10-0-25-3; Aftab Khan 5-0-15-1 (1nb).

RESULT: Peshawar Panthers won by 72 runs.

UMPIRES: Riazuddin and Ahsan Raza.

MATCH REFEREE: Naeem Ahmed.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Syed Imran Ali.

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