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LAHORE, March 18: Off-spinner Aqeel Ahmed captured four for 17 to help Wapda qualify for the final round of the one-day championship with a five-wicket win over Pool ‘C’ rivals Lahore Blues at LCCA Ground Monday.
Lahore Blues were skittled out for 105 in 42.5 overs after Wapda skipper Adil Nisar elected to field first.
Wapda then reeled off the required runs by reaching 106 for five in 25.5 overs.
LAHORE BLUES:
Muntazar Mehdi c Zahid b Sarfraz 7
Rizwan Aslam c Zahid b Kashif Raza 3
Nasir Siddiqui c Kashif Rasheed b Sarfraz 1
Ashraf Ali c Zahid b Aslam 26
Asif Ijaz c Zahid b Sarfraz 2
Adnan Usman lbw b Aqeel 12
Shahnawaz Malik b Aqeel 18
Khurram Siddique c Aslam b Adil 11
Imran Sabir c and b Aqeel 11
Azhar Ali not out 1
Salman Khan b Aqeel 0
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-2, W-7, NB-3) 13
TOTAL (all out, 42.5 overs) 105
FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 2-15, 3-16, 4-25, 5-48, 6-67, 7-89, 9-105.
BOWLING: Sarfraz Ahmed 7-1-13-3; Kashif Raza 7-2-16-1; Aslam Qureshi 10-2-14-1; Aqeel Ahmed 6.5-1-17-4; Adil Nisar 10-0-38-1; Tariq Aziz 2-1-4-0.
WAPDA:
Riffatullah c Khurram b Adnan 1
Kashif Rasheed b Khurram 36
Shiraz Butt c Nasir b Adnan 6
Adil Nisar b Khurram 27
Tariq Aziz b Khurram 13
Rizwan Malik not out 8
Zahid Umer not out 1
EXTRAS (B-3, LB-3, W-8) 14
TOTAL (for five wkts, 25.5 overs) 106
FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-44, 3-60, 4-92, 5-103.
DID NOT BAT: Kashif Raza, Sarfraz Ahmed, Aqeel Ahmed, Aslam Qureshi.
BOWLING: Imran Sabir 6-0-18-0; Adnan Usman 5-0-36-2; Khurram Siddique 7.5-1-16-3; Azhar Ali 7-0-30-0.
RESULT: Wapda won by five wickets.
UMPIRES: Salim Badar and Feroz Butt.
MATCH REFEREE: Hafiz Shahid.
Results of other Pool ‘C’ matches:
*Habib Bank beat Sheikhupura by nine wickets at Sheikhupura Stadium
SHEIKHUPURA 119 in 31.2 overs (Mohammad Khalil 71; Shahid Afridi 3-16, Sajid Shah 2-9, Abdul Rehman 2-21, Danish Kaneria 2-52);
HABIB BANK 120-1 in 9.4 overs (Shahid Afridi 56, Taufiq Umer 33 not out).
*Rest of Punjab beat Sargodha by 80 runs at Sports Stadium, Sargodha
REST OF PUNJAB 295 in 49.3 overs (Asim Butt 70, Kashif Naved 41, Mohammad Fazil 39, Wasim Majeed 33, Rizwan Ahmed 32; Akif Ali 4-39);
SARGODHA 215-9 in 50 overs (Mohammad Shahzad 54, Mohammad Sarfraz 34, Mohammad Ali 32, Abid Hussain 28; Wasim Majeed 5-35).000000000000000
