Sui Gas move ahead

Published March 21, 2002

KARACHI, March 20: Newcomers Sui Gas Corporation defeated Rest of Balochistan by seven wickets to reach the final round of the one-day championship at Lahore Country Club (Muridke) Wednesday.

Sui Gas finished runners-up behind National Bank in Pool ‘B’. They will play their final round fixtures against the formidable outfits of PIA, Habib Bank and Allied Bank in Karachi from March 26.

Scoreboard

REST OF BALOCHISTAN:

Ali Ahmed c Abid b Wasim 11

Aaqil Baloch b A. Rauf 4

Jahanzeb Khan b Hafeez 22

Yousuf Jan c Sohail b M. Hussain 21

Mian Nafees run out 23

Mohtashim Ali c M. Hussain b Saleem 22

Manzoor Ahmed b Saleem 1

Sabir Hussain c Asim b M. Hussain 8

Adnan Ashraf run out 10

Patras Masih c Hafeez b A. Rauf 10

Abdul Wajid not out 1

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-1, W-11) 13

TOTAL (all out, 49.4 overs) 146

FALL OF WKTS: 1-18, 2-25, 3-52, 4-85, 5-104, 6-112, 7-123, 8-133, 9-139.

BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 6.4-0-21-2; Wasim Khan 6-1-20-1; Mohammad Hafeez 9-1-13-1; Shahid Khan 7-0-22-0; Saleem Mughal 10-0-54-2; Mohammad Hussain 10-1-31-2; Ali Hussain 1-0-3-0.

SUI GAS:

M. Hafeez c Jahanzeb b Wajid 62

Kamran Sajid c Mian Nafees b Adnan 51

Asim Munir not out 22

Abid Mahmood c Patras b Wajid 0

Shahid Khan not out 7

EXTRAS (W-6, NB-1) 7

TOTAL (for three wkts, 22.2 overs) 149

FALL OF WKTS: 1-120, 2-120, 3-120.

DID NOT BAT: Saleem Mughal, Ali Hussain, Sohail Idrees, Mohammad Hussain, Abdur Rauf, Wasim Khan.

BOWLING: Mian Nafees 4-0-44-0; Aaqil Baloch 6-0-33-0; Adnan Ashraf 7.2-1-43-1; Patras Masih 2-0-16-0; Abdul Wajid 3-1-11-2.

RESULT: Sui Gas won by seven wickets.

UMPIRES: Mian Aslam and Ehtesham-ul-Haq.

MATCH REFEREE: Shafiq Ahmed.

Results of other Pool ‘B’ matches:

*Pak PWD beat National Bank by five wickets at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

NATIONAL BANK 210 in 44.4 overs (Naumanullah 78, Qaiser Abbas 30, Akhtar Sarfraz 23; Fahim Ahmed Sr 5-13);

PAK PWD 216-5 in 43.5 overs (Bazid Khan 64, Iqbal Imam 59 not out, Imran Khan 28, Riaz Shaikh 25; Naeem Khan 2-53).

*Gujranwala beat Sialkot by 190 runs at Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala

GUJRANWALA 333-6 in 50 overs (Kamran Younis 142 not out, Atiq-ur-Rehman 100, Ahmed Butt 20 not out; Imran Ghani 3-49, Sajjad-ul-Haq 2-44);

SIALKOT 143 in 33.3 overs (Hafiz Nawaz 51, Hafiz Kamran 22 not out; Kamran Younis 3-8, Kashif Hafeez 3-54).

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