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LAHORE, March 12: An unbeaten century by opener Riffatullah was the cornerstone of Wapda’s 28-run win over Rest of Punjab in a Pool ‘C’ match of the National One-day Cricket Championship at Gaddafi Stadium Tuesday.
Skipper Riffatullah scored 141 off 156 balls with 13 boundaries to help Wapda pile up a formidable 283 for seven in 50 overs after they were sent in by the Punjab captain Sufian Munir.
In reply, Punjab were restricted to 255 for eight.
The highlight of the match was the 145-run partnership for the second wicket between Riffatullah and Tariq Aziz in just 89 minutes. Tariq Aziz struck 59 off 72 deliveries with three fours.
Leg-spinner Khurram Shahzad captured four for 53.
For Punjab Wasim Majeed, batting at No 7, top-scored with 44 with five fours while opener Kashif Naveed contributed 43 with the aid of two fours.
WAPDA:
Kashif Rasheed c Rizwan b Mir Usman 9
Riffatullah not out 141
Tariq Aziz c Fazil b Khurram 59
Adil Nisar run out 20
Sarfraz Ahmed b Khurram 11
Waqas Ahmed run out 2
Rehan Rafiq b Khurram 5
Rizwan Malik c Fazil b Khurram 0
Zahid Umer not out 4
EXTRAS (LB-10, W-18, NB-4) 32
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 283
FALL OF WKTS: 1-48, 2-193, 3-239, 4-253, 5-268, 6-277, 7-277.
DID NOT BAT: Kashif Raza, Aqeel Ahmed.
BOWLING: Asim Butt 8-0-52-0; Fayyaz Hashmat 10-1-45-0; Mir Usman 7-0-31-1; Wasim Majeed 9-0-53-0; Khurram Shahzad 10-0-59-4; Rizwan Ahmed 6-0-33-0.
REST OF PUNJAB:
Rizwan Ahmed run out 10
Kashif Naveed b Aqeel 43
Zeeshan Khan c Zahid b Sarfraz 21
Sufian Munir c Tariq b Adil 32
Mohammad Fazil c Rizwan b Adil 30
Kamran Ali b Waqas 23
Wasim Majeed lbw b Waqas 44
Asim Butt st Zahid b Aqeel 16
Fayyaz Hashmat not out 6
Mir Usman not out 0
EXTRAS (B-12, LB-2, W-8, NB-8) 30
TOTAL (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 255
FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 2-48, 3-117, 4-121, 5-168, 6-215, 7-239, 8-251.
DID NOT BAT: Khurram Shahzad.
BOWLING: Sarfraz Ahmed 10-0-28-1; Waqas Ahmed 9-0-76-2; Kashif Raza 10-1-47-0; Adil Nisar 10-0-47-2; Aqeel Ahmed 8-0-27-2; Tariq Aziz 3-0-16-0.
RESULT: WAPDA won by 28 runs.
UMPIRES: Aleem Dar and Asad Rauf.
MATCH REFEREE: Sultan Rana.
Results of other Pool ‘C’ matches:
*Lahore Blues beat Sheikhupura by 35 runs at LCCA Ground, Lahore
LAHORE BLUES 300-9 in 50 overs (Tariq Mahmood 65, Shahnawaz Malik 48, Imran Sabir 42, Muntazar Mehdi 34, Ashraf Ali 29, Adnan Usman 22; Mohammad Yasin 3-60, Shakeel Ahmed 2-23);
SHEIKHUPURA 265-8 in 50 overs (Asif Raza 73 not out, Shahid Naseer 58, Mohammad Arsalan 31 not out, Sarfraz Kazmi 29; Khurram Siddique 2-22, Imran Sabir 2-29).
*Faisalabad beat Sargodha by six wickets at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
SARGODHA 171 in 49.3 overs (Hamaj Mukhtar 35, Nauman Nasir 24, Mohammad Sarfraz 22, Mohammad Kashif 20; Moazzam Ali 4-35, Sajjad Lodhi 3-23);
FAISALABAD 173-4 in 43.4 overs (Mohammad Saleem 75, Tauqir Hussain 37 not out, Ijaz Mahmood 27; Mohammad Sarfraz 2-40).
