Facile win for Sindh

Published April 25, 2007

KARACHI, April 24: Sindh chalked up a facile 147-run victory over Khan Research Laboratories in the Pentangular Cup match at the National Stadium here on Tuesday.

KRL, who were hopelessly placed at 60 for four overnight while chasing 336, were dismissed for 188 in their second innings on the last day of the final-round match.

Only wicket-keeper/batsman Zulfiqar Jan showed some fight with a gutsy 96-ball 60 that 10 fours and one six.

Scoreboard

SINDH (1st Innings) 379 (Rizwan Ahmed 125, Tanvir Ahmed 90, Atif Ali Zaidi 63; Saeed Ajmal 6-92).

KRL (1st Innings) 209 (Mohtashim Ali 61; Tanvir Ahmed 4-33).

SINDH (2nd Innings) 165 (Fahad Iqbal 57; Mohammad Irshad 4-37).

KRL (2nd Innings, overnight 60-4):

Azhar Ali c Uzair b Tanvir 0

Mohtashim Ali c Faisal b Uzair 10

Shahzad Butt b Tanvir 0

Saeed bin Nasir b Ramesh 21

Usman Saeed b Tahir 42

Mohammad Wasim c Amin b Ramesh 17

Zulfiqar Jan b Rizwan 60

Saeed Ajmal c Agha Sabir b Uzair 8

Jaffar Nazir st Amin b Tahir 0

Ali Raza b Rizwan 21

Mohammad Irshad not out 1

EXTRAS (LB-5, W-1, NB-2) 8

TOTAL (all out, 50.5 overs) 188

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-0, 3-33, 4-37, 5-65, 6-120, 7-137, 8-142, 9-181.

BOWLING: Tanvir Ahmed 14-2-57-2 (2nb); Rajesh Ramesh 16-3-53-2; Uzair-ul-Haq 9-3-27-2; Tahir Khan 10-0-35-2; Rizwan Ahmed 1.5-0-11-2.

RESULT: Sindh won by 147 runs.

UMPIRES: Iftikhar Malik and Kaukab Butt.

MATCH REFEREE: Azhar Khan.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Syed Imran Ali.

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