KARACHI, March 6: Karachi Dolphins ended the unbeaten run of Sialkot Stallions with a creditable 36-run win in the ABN-Amro One-day Gold League Cup at the Asghar Ali Shah Stadium here on Tuesday.

The Stallions, who won the first games in the competition, were all out for 230 in the 46th over while chasing 267 for victory with Fawwad Alam grabbing three for 48 with his slow left-armers. Shahid Yousuf made 64.

Earlier, the lanky left-arm pacer Sarfraz Ahmed captured three for 45 as the Dolphins were dismissed for 266.

Scoreboard

KARACHI DOLPHINS:

Khalid Latif lbw b Sarfraz 0

Naumanullah c Khalid b Sarfraz 10

Wasim Naeem c Atiq b Mansoor 44

Wajihuddin lbw b Mansoor 40

Atif Ali Zaidi c K. Raza b K. Dawood 47

Fawwad Alam c Sarfraz b Rehman 30

Tariq Haroon c and b Sarfraz 42

Sarfraz Ahmed run out 4

Anwar Ali Khan run out 30

Atif Maqbool not out 5

Uzair-ul-Haq c Mansoor b K. Raza 0

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-5, W-5, NB-1) 14

TOTAL (all out, 50 overs) 266

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-17, 3-94, 4-101, 5-173, 6-190, 7-215, 8-251, 9-265.

BOWLING: Sarfraz Ahmed 10-2-45-3; Kashif Raza 8-0-44-1 (1nb, 1w); Kashif Dawood 7-0-43-1 (1w); Qaiser Abbas 6-1-22-0; Mansoor Amjad 9-0-46-2; Bilal Hussain 2-0-9-0; Abdur Rehman 8-0-49-1 (1w).

SIALKOT STALLIONS:

Qaiser Abbas lbw b Uzair 28

Atiq-ur-Rehman c Nauman b Anwar 30

Bilal Hussain c and b Fawwad 34

Shahzad Malik c Tariq b Anwar 5

Shahid Yousuf c Anwar b Fawwad 64

Abdur Rehman c Anwar b Wasim 20

Mansoor Amjad run out 11

Hafiz Khalid c Khalid b Fawwad 6

Sarfraz Ahmed b Atif Maqbool 19

Kashif Dawood c Fawwad b Atif Maqbool 0

Kashif Raza not out 1

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-6, W-5, NB-6) 18

TOTAL (all out, 45.4 overs) 230

FALL OF WKTS: 1-54, 2-60, 3-68, 4-128, 5-160, 6-203, 7-203, 8-229, 9-229.

BOWLING: Anwar Ali Khan 8-0-38-2 (2nb, 1w); Uzair-ul-Haq 7-1-27-1; Atif Maqbool 9.4-0-56-2 (3nb, 1w); Fawwad Alam 10-0-48-3; Wasim Naeem 6-0-30-1 (2w); Naumanullah 5-0-24-0 (1w).

RESULT: Karachi Dolphins won by 36 runs.

UMPIRES: Siddique Khan and Zameer Haider.

MATCH REFEREE: Azhar Khan.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Salman Hussain

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