KARACHI, March 6: Brilliant unbeaten centuries by opener Khurram Manzoor and Hasan Raza set up Karachi Zebras’ emphatic 152-run victory over Lahore Eagles in the ABN-Amro Gold League Cup at the National Stadium here on Tuesday.

Khurram, who blasted an undefeated 163 in a losing cause against Sialkot Stallions last Friday, struck 133 off 142 balls with 13 fours and one six while Hasan hit up a 110-ball 104 with eight fours and a brace of sixes to help the Zebras pile up 307 for two after the Eagles elected to field first.

Opener Asif Zakir also shone with a 43-ball 49 that included eight fours and one six.

The Eagles, in reply, were dismissed for 155 in the 31st over. Junaid Zia top-scored with 45. Paceman Tanvir Ahmed and off-spinner Afsar Nawaz claimed three wickets each while opening bowler Rajesh Ramesh took two.

Scoreboard

KARACHI ZEBRAS:

Asif Zakir lbw b Kamran 49

Khurram Manzoor not out 133

Saeed bin Nasir st Humayun b Kamran 3

Hasan Raza not out 104

EXTRAS (LB-4, W-10, NB-4) 18

TOTAL (for two wkts, 50 overs) 307

FALL OF WKTS: 1-92, 2-107.

DID NOT BAT: Faisal Iqbal, Afsar Nawaz, Amin-ur-Rehman, Tahir Khan, Tanvir Ahmed, Rajesh Ramesh, Azam Hussain.

BOWLING: Mohammad Khalil 10-0-82-0 (3nb, 5w); Junaid Zia 4-0-29-0 (1w); Sohail Ahmed 5-0-38-0 (1w); Imran Farhat 4-0-23-0 (1w); Kamran Sajid 10-0-61-2 (1nb, 2w); Mohammad Hussain 10-0-35-0; Usman Malik 7-0-35-0.

LAHORE EAGLES:

Imran Farhat c Amin b Ramesh 11

Nasir Jamshed run out 12

Aamir Sajjad c Amin b Ramesh 10

Kamran Sajid c Amin b Tanvir 0

Arsalan Mir lbw b Tanvir 0

Humayun Farhat c Amin b Tanvir 16

Mohammad Hussain c Hasan b Afsar 20

Sohail Ahmed c Amin b Afsar 25

Junaid Zia c Amin b Afsar 45

Usman Malik b Azam 1

Mohammad Khalil not out 0

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-2, W-8, NB-1) 15

TOTAL (all out, 30.5 overs) 155

FALL OF WKTS: 1-25, 2-27, 3-28, 4-28, 5-47, 6-54, 7-95, 8-144, 9-155.

BOWLING: Tanvir Ahmed 7-0-40-3 (1nb, 3w); Rajesh Ramesh 7-0-40-2 (3w); Tahir Khan 5-0-28-0; Afsar Nawaz 8-1-27-3 (1w); Azam Hussain 3.5-0-14-1.

RESULT: Karachi Zebras won by 152 runs.

UMPIRES: M. Akbar Khan and Kaukab Butt.

MATCH REFEREE: Ishtiaq Ahmed.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Muhammad Ahsan.

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