Ramzan hammers unbeaten 152

Published March 9, 2002

KARACHI, March 8: Former Test batsman Mohammad Ramzan struck an unbeaten 152 as KRL crush Islamabad by 95 runs in a Pool ‘D’ match of the National One-day Cricket Championship at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi Friday.

Ramzan’s 172-ball knock, which contained 17 boundaries, helped KRL amass 307 for five after Islamabad won the toss and elected to field first.

Scoreboard

KRL:

Mohammad Ramzan not out 152

Saeed Anwar Jr c Shahbaz b Saad 0

Saeed bin Nasir c Raheel b Irfan 1

Mohammad Wasim c Irfan b Qaiser 55

Misbah-ul-Haq c Saad b Yasin 45

Intikhab Alam c Shahbaz b Yasin 8

Yasir Arafat not out 12

EXTRAS (LB-3, W-20, NB-11) 34

TOTAL (for five wkts, 50 overs) 307

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-7, 3-145, 4-258, 5-278.

DID NOT BAT: Zulfiqar Jan, Mohammad Asif, Jaffar Nazir, Shakeel Ahmed.

BOWLING: Irfan Bhatti 5-0-25-1; Saad Janjua 10-1-56-1; Yasin Bari 10-0-88-2; Hammadullah 5-1-27-0; Qaiser Hussain 10-0-47-1; Raheel Majeed 10-0-61-0.

ISLAMABAD:

Raheel Majeed c Zulfiqar b Yasir 15

Adil Hanif c Misbah b Yasir 30

Hammadullah c Zulfiqar b S. Anwar 31

Atif Ashraf c Zulfiqar b Yasir 6

Rashid Amin Butt c Intikhab b Yasir 39

Asif Ali Saeed c Asif b Shakeel 11

Irfan Bhatti not out 43

Saad Janjua not out 5

EXTRAS (B-6, LB-4, W-14, NB-6) 30

TOTAL (for six wkts, 50 overs) 212

FALL OF WKTS: 1-43, 2-74, 3-92, 4-104, 5-137, 6-190.

DID NOT BAT: Mohammad Shahbaz, Qaiser Hussain, Yasin Bari.

BOWLING: Jaffar Nazir 9-0-43-0; Mohammad Asif 10-0-39-0; Yasir Arafat 10-0-44-4; Shakeel Ahmed 10-1-31-1; Saeed Anwar Jr 9-1-37-1; Intikhab Alam 2-0-8-0.

RESULT: KRL won by 95 runs.

UMPIRES: Saifullah and Waqar A. Mughal.

MATCH REFEREE: Saadat Ali.

Results of other Pool ‘D’ matches:

*Allied Bank beat Rawalpindi by three wickets at Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi (D/L method)

RAWALPINDI 202-9 in 47.2 overs (Naseer Ahmed 44, Babar Naeem 43, Hasham Iqbal 20, Sohail Nasir 20; Taimur Khan 2-27, Aqib Javed 2-37);

ALLIED BANK 209-7 in 44.4 overs (Usman Tariq 98, Ijaz Ahmed Jr 25, Taimur Khan 22; Babar Naeem 2-27, Mohammad Akram 2-39).

*ADBP beat Peshawar by five wickets at Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar (D/L/ method)

PESHAWAR 190-8 in 39 overs (Wasim Yousufi 53, Atif Maqbool 43, Zeeshan Mohsin 22; Mubashir Nazir 4-41, Inam-ul-Haq 2-26);

ADBP 213-5 in 36.5 overs (Javed Hayat 65 not out, Mujahid Hameed 57 not out, Hafiz Majid 32; Nauman Habib 2-53).

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