KARACHI, March 14: Test leg-spinner Danish Kaneria claimed three for 10 as Habib Bank chalked up a convincing nine-wicket victory over Faisalabad in a Pool ‘C’ match of the National One-day Championship at Iqbal Stadium (Faisalabad) Thursday.
Faisalabad were bundled out for 80 in 30.2 overs after losing the toss. HBL, in reply, rattled up the required target in just 10.5 overs with Saleem Elahi making 52 off 31 balls with 11 fours.
After Kabir Khan and Sajid Shah had demolished the top-order by picking up two wickets each, Kaneria mesmerised the Faisalabad middle-order batting. Ex-Test paceman Shahid Nazir chipped in with two wickets.
FAISALABAD:
Ijaz Mahmood b Sajid 14
Mohammad Saleem b Sajid 13
Hasnain Haider lbw b Kabir 5
Sabir Hussain c Taufiq b Kabir 0
Sibtain Badar c Imran b Kaneria 4
Tauqir Hussain lbw b Kaneria 11
Irfan Taj not out 7
Mohammad Salman lbw b Kaneria 0
Sajjad Lodhi b Shahid Nazir 4
Moazzam Ali c Hasan b Shahid Nazir 0
Mohammad Naeem run out 4
EXTRAS (LB-3, W-4, NB-11) 18
TOTAL (all out, 30.2 overs) 80
FALL OF WKTS: 1-37, 2-42, 3-42, 4-42, 5-50, 6-61, 7-65, 8-71, 9-73.
BOWLING: Kabir Khan 8-0-20-2; Sajid Shah 8-1-24-2; Shahid Nazir 7.2-1-23-2; Danish Kaneria 7-3-10-3.
HABIB BANK:
Imran Farhat c Sibtain b Moazzam 5
Saleem Elahi not out 52
Taufiq Umer not out 8
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-2, W-7, NB-3) 16
TOTAL (for one wkt, 10.5 overs) 81
FALL OF WKT: 1-19.
DID NOT BAT: Ijaz Ahmed Sr, Hasan Raza, Shahid Afridi, Atiq-uz-Zaman, Sajid Shah, Kabir Khan, Shahid Nazir, Danish Kaneria.
BOWLING: Moazzam Ali 5.5-1-39-1; Mohammad Naeem 4-0-16-0; Tauqir Hussain 1-0-20-0.
RESULT: Habib Bank won by nine wickets.
UMPIRES: Islam Khan and Afzaal Ahmed.
MATCH REFEREE: Musaddeq Rasool.
Results of other Pool ‘C’ matches:
*Wapda beat Sargodha by eight wickets at Sports Stadium, Sargodha
SARGODHA 234-9 in 50 overs (Noman Nasir 65, Mohammad Ali 46, Ashraf Bashir 32 not out, Sohail Maqbool 31, Hamaj Mukhtar 24; Aqeel Ahmed 4-38, Sarfraz Ahmed 2-20, Tariq Aziz 2-53);
WAPDA 236-2 in 37.3 overs (Tariq Aziz 105 not out, Kashif Rasheed 57, Adil Nisar 45 not out).
*Rest of Punjab beat Sheikhupura by eight wickets at Sheikhupura Stadium
SHEIKHUPURA 161-9 in 50 overs (M. Usman Virk 30, Maqsood Raza 25, Sajjad Ali 20 not out, Mohammad Yasin 20 not out; Khurram Shahzad 3-28, Fayyaz Hashmat 2-21);
REST OF PUNJAB 162-2 in 28 overs (Zeeshan Khan 68 not out, Sufian Munir 34 not out, Rizwan Ahmed 32).
