Sui Gas stay in hunt

Published January 1, 2001

KARACHI, March  18: Sui Gas have all but qualified for the next phase of the one-day championship after recording a convincing 168-run victory against Gujranwala at Jinnah Stadium (Gujranwala) Monday.

Scoreboard

SUI GAS:

Mohammad Hafeez b Adnan 12

Kamran Sajid run out 17

Sohail Idrees c Adnan b Ehtesham 33

Ali Hussain run out 64

Saleem Mughal b Rana Jahanzeb 71

Asim Munir lbw b Shoaib 9

Mohammad Hussain run out 2

Ali Raza c Atiq b Kamran 4

Shahid Khan b Shoaib 3

Wasim Khan not out 3

Abdur Rauf not out 4

EXTRAS (LB-8, W-19, NB-14) 41

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 45 overs) 263

FALL OF WKTS: 1-36, 2-54, 3-122, 4-171, 5-197, 6-202, 7-213, 8-221, 9-259.

BOWLING: Adnan Farooq 9-0-55-1; Rana Jahanzeb 9-0-49-1; Ehtesham Younis 9-0-59-1; Mohammad Shoaib 9-0-43-2; Kamran Younis 9-0-49-1.

GUJRANWALA:

Faisal Butt lbw b A. Rauf 0

Khalid Butt c Ali Raza b Wasim 2

Atiq-ur-Rehman c Kamran b A. Rauf 0

Mahboob Ali c sub (Abid) b Shahid 7

Ehtesham Younis c Asim b Shahid 8

Kamran Younis c Ali Raza b Shahid 6

Mohammad Shoaib not out 27

Basit Murtaza b M. Hussain 6

Adnan Farooq b Hafeez 1

Rana Jahanzeb c Asim b M. Hussain 4

Hafiz Khalid c Asim b A. Rauf 0

EXTRAS (LB-6, W-23, NB-5) 34

TOTAL (all out, 35.5 overs) 95

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-3, 3-7, 4-29, 5-36, 6-39, 7-61, 8-62, 9-94.

BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 6.5-1-23-3; Wasim Khan 6-2-10-1; Shahid Khan 6-0-18-3; Mohammad Hafeez 9-1-21-1; Mohammad Hussain 7-1-14-2; Saleem Mughal 1-0-3-0.

Results of other Pool ‘B’ matches:

*National Bank beat Karachi Blues by 130 runs at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

NATIONAL BANK 272-9 in 50 overs (Imran Javed 87, Sajid Ali 68 not out, Qaiser Abbas 47; Ariz Kamal 4-17, Haaris Ayaz 2-46, Jaffar Qureshi 2-49);

KARACHI BLUES 142 in 31.2 overs (Amin-ur-Rehman 56, Imranullah 25, Zahid Ghauri 21; Imran Javed 2-1, Qaiser Abbas 2-15, Waqar Younis 2-17, Mohammad Sami 2-30).

*Pak PWD beat Rest of Balochistan by 60 runs at Lahore Country Club, Muridke

PAK PWD 299-5 in 50 overs (Saad Wasim 111 not out, Afsar Nawaz 77, Iqbal Imam 43; Adnan Ashraf 2-80, Mian Nafees 2-71);

REST OF BALOCHISTAN 239 in 49.4 overs (Ali Ahmed 64, Manzoor Hussain 45, Sanaullah 37, Mian Nafees 24; Riaz Shaikh 5-51).

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