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KARACHI, March 20: An unbeaten 118 off 129 balls by former Test batsman Ijaz Ahmed Junior laid the foundation of Allied Bank Limited (ABL)’s 18-run win over KRL that ensured the bankers a place in the final round of the one-day championship at Pindi Cricket Stadium (Rawalpindi) Wednesday.
According to details available, Ijaz Jr hit 12 fours and one six to help ABL reach 232 for seven after being asked to bat first.
Test wicket-keeper Rashid Latif also played a crucial hand by making 41 at run-a-ball (four boundaries) in the seventh-wicket stand of 89 with Ijaz.
KRL, who needed a win in this last Pool ‘D’ tie to go through, were restricted to 234 for nine inspite of a century opening stand between Mohammad Ramzan (61 off 93 balls, five fours) and Saeed Anwar Jr (55 off 75 balls, five fours).
ABL’s bowling heroes were all-rounder Taimur Khan (four for 37) and off-spinner Arshad Khan (three for 44).
ALLIED BANK:
Usman Tariq c Zulfiqar b Jaffar 9
Mohammad Nawaz c Zulfiqar b Jaffar 9
Manzoor Akhtar c Ali Naqvi b Jaffar 7
Ijaz Ahmed Jr not out 118
Wajahatullah Wasti c Misbah b Asif 19
Aamir Hanif c Zulfiqar b Yasir 11
Taimur Khan c Zulfiqar b Yasir 0
Rashid Latif lbw b Ali Naqvi 41
Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan not out 24
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-2, W-7, NB-1) 14
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 252
FALL OF WKTS: 1-21, 2-24, 3-38, 4-80, 5-109, 6-109, 7-198.
DID NOT BAT: Arshad Khan, Aqib Javed.
BOWLING: Jaffar Nazir 8-2-29-3; Naeem Akhtar 10-0-36-0; Mohammad Asif 10-0-52-1; Yasir Arafat 9-0-52-2; Ali Naqvi 10-0-56-1; Saeed Anwar Jr 3-0-21-0.
KRL:
Mohammad Ramzan b Taimur 61
Saeed Anwar Jr c Rashid b Taimur 55
Mohammad Wasim c R. Naveed b Taimur 6
Misbah-ul-Haq run out 29
Ali Naqvi c Ijaz b Aqib 1
Intikhab Alam b Taimur 1
Yasir Arafat c Aamir b Arshad 34
Naeem Akhtar c Aamir b Arshad 0
Zulfiqar Jan not out 32
Jaffar Nazir c Aamir b Arshad 5
Mohammad Asif not out 5
EXTRAS (LB-3, W-2) 5
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 234
FALL OF WKTS: 1-108, 2-120, 3-133, 4-134, 5-137, 6-179, 7-185, 8-197, 9-206.
BOWLING: Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 9-0-40-0; Aqib Javed 7-1-37-1; Mohammad Nawaz 9-0-33-0; Arshad Khan 9-0-44-3; Ijaz Ahmed Jr 5-0-31-0; Taimur Khan 10-0-37-4; Manzoor Akhtar 1-0-9-0.
RESULT: Allied Bank won by 18 runs.
UMPIRES: Z.I. Pasha and Iqbal Butt.
MATCH REFEREE: Khateeb Rizwan.
Results of other Pool ‘D’ matches:
*Rawalpindi beat Peshawar by 38 runs at Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar
RAWALPINDI 216 in 49.3 overs (Wasim Ahmed 90 not out, Iftikhar Mahmood 38; Mohammad Siddique 3-43, Nauman Habib 2-20, Ahmed Nadeem 2-38);
PESHAWAR 183 in 41 overs (Shoaib Khan 68, Sajjad Ahmed 24; Wasim Ahmed 3-13, Iftikhar Mahmood 2-25, Yasir Ashfaq 2-39, Junaid Zia 2-40).
*Rest of NWFP beat Islamabad by 45 runs at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi
REST OF NWFP 247 in 49.3 overs (Abid Afridi 63, Haji Badshah 61, Bilal Marwat 35; Irfan Bhatti 3-40, Saad Janjua 3-45, Mohammad Fayyaz 2-30);
ISLAMABAD 202 in 40 overs (Saad Janjua 68, Irfan Bhatti 39 not out, Hammadullah 36; Ibrahim Afridi 3-25, Umair Khan 3-31, Riaz Afridi 2-47).
