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LAHORE, March 8: An unbeaten 81 by Ashraf Ali propelled Lahore Blues to a six-wicket win over Faisalabad in a Pool ‘C’ match of the National One-day Cricket Championship at LCCA ground Friday.
Set to a target of 202, the home team reeled off the runs in 41.4 overs for the loss of four wickets.
Ashraf belted 11 boundaries off a 110-ball knock after Lahore Blues lost the first three wickets for 35.
Earlier, batting first, Faisalabad’s main scorers were Mohammad Saleem (53, six fours, 85 balls) and wicket-keeper Mohammad Salman (64 not out, four fours, 76 balls).
FAISALABAD:
Sami-ul-Haq b Adnan Khan 9
M. Saleem c Khurram b Suleman 53
Ijaz Mahmood b Imran 2
Asif Hussain run out 2
Hasnain Haider c and b Suleman 13
Sohail Nazir lbw b Suleman 0
Mohammad Salman not out 64
Maqsood Ahmed lbw Tariq Mahmood 14
Adnan Rasool c Adnan b Khurram 21
M. Naeem st Nasir b Rauf 1
EXTRAS (LB-4, W-16, NB-2) 22
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 201
DID NOT BAT: Moazzam Ali.
FALL OF WKTS: 1-22, 2-34, 3-44, 4-87, 5-87, 6-102, 7-145, 8-195, 9-201.
BOWLING: Imran Sabir 7-0-35-1; Adnan Khan 7-1-25-1; Rauf Wyne 10-0-38-1; Tariq Mahmood 8-0-29-1; Suleman Khan 10-2-39-3; Khurram Siddique 8-0-31-1.
LAHORE BLUES:
Imran Yousuf c Saleem b Naeem 5
Muntazar Mehdi c Hasnain b Naeem 5
Imran Nazir Jr c Sohail b Naeem 11
Ashraf Ali not out 81
Tariq Mahmood st Salman b Maqsood 45
Adnan Usman not out 35
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-6, W-12, NB-1) 20
TOTAL (for four wkts, 41.4 overs) 202
FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-15, 3-35, 4-122.
DID NOT BAT: Salman Khan, Khurram Siddique, Adnan Khan, Nasir Siddiqi, Imran Sabir.
BOWLING: Moazzam Ali 6-0-26-0; Mohammad Naeem 6-0-23-3; Ijaz Mahmood 7.4-0-34-0; Maqsood Ahmed 8-0-45-1; Asif Hussain 7-0-31-0; Sohail Nazir 2-0-10-0.
RESULT: Lahore Blues won by six wickets.
UMPIRES: Jamil Kamran and Feroz Butt.
MATCH REFEREE: Iqbal Sheikh.
Results of other Pool ‘C’ matches:
*Habib Bank beat Wapda by 64 runs at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
HABIB BANK 205-9 in 50 overs (Imran Farhat 63, Ijaz Ahmed Sr 41; Aqeel Ahmed 3-29);
WAPDA 141 in 41.3 overs (Adil Nisar 57; Akram Raza 3-27, Shahid Nazir 3-37).
*Sargodha beat Sheikhupura by three wickets at Sheikhupura Stadium
SHEIKHUPURA 192 in 50 overs (Shakeel Ahmed 69, Maqsood Raza 47, Sarfraz Kazmi 26; Mohammad Sarfraz 3-34, Mohammad Ali 2-16, Ashraf Ali 2-51);
SARGODHA 196-7 in 46.4 overs (Hamaj Mukhtar 61, Shahid Mahmood 49, Atiq Ahmed 20; Arsalan Dogar 4-23, Mohammad Yasin 2-34).
