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KARACHI, Feb 8: Test batsman Younis Khan played a sterling captain's knock of 102 on Sunday to guide Peshawar to a four-wicket victory against Rawalpindi in the restricted Quaid-i-Azam One-day Cup tie at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar.
Peshawar, who were chasing a target of 207, had made 178 for six in 35.5 overs when the match was abandoned because of inclement weather. The home side were declared winners under the Duckworth/Lewis method.
Younis, who hammered 12 boundaries in his 108-ball innings, put on 166 for the third-wicket with ex-Test opener Wajahatullah Wasti (58 off 86 balls, four fours and one six) after current Pakistan star Yasir Hameed was out for a five-ball duck.
Earlier, medium-pacer Sajid Shah captured five for 37 as Rawalpindi were bowled out for 206 in 48 overs. Skipper Naveed Qureshi made a gallant 82 off 100 balls, striking five fours and two sixes.
Scoreboard
RAWALPINDI:
Bilal Asad lbw b Sajid 32
Babar Naeem c A. Said b Umar 8
Ashar Zaidi c A. Said b Fazle 17
Bazid Khan b Sajid 1
Naveed Qureshi c A. Said b Sajid 82
Shiraz Khalid run out 3
Azhar Mahmood c Younis b Noor 6
Yasir Arafat run out 20
Adnan Naveed c Aftab b Sajid 8
Rao Iftikhar c A. Said b Sajid 6
Najaf Shah not out 0
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-8, NB-7) 17
TOTAL (all out, 48 overs) 206
FALL OF WKTS: 1-23, 2-52, 3-62, 4-76, 5-94, 6-111, 7-171, 8-198, 9-205.
BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 9-0-37-1; Umar Gul 10-1-54-1 (6nb, 2w); Sajid Shah 9-0-37-5 (1nb); Noor-ul-Amin 10-0-30-1; Hidayatullah 8-0-55-0; Aftab Khan 2-0-11-0.
PESHAWAR:
Yasir Hameed c Ashar b Azhar 0
Wajahatullah Wasti c Bilal b Shiraz 58
Aftab Khan c Shiraz b Azhar 6
Younis Khan b Azhar 102
Akhtar Sarfraz not out 2
Ahmed Said lbw b Najaf 0
Sajid Shah lbw b Najaf 0
Umar Gul not out 0
EXTRAS (LB-3, W-3, NB-4) 10
TOTAL (for six wkts, 35.5 overs) 178
FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-9, 3-175, 4-176, 5-177, 6-177.
DID NOT BAT: Hidayatullah, Noor-ul-Amin, Fazle Akbar.
BOWLING: Azhar Mahmood 6-0-25-3 (3nb, 1w); Rao Iftikhar 8-0-45-0 (1w); Najaf Shah 6.5-0-29-2(1nb, 1w); Yasir Arafat 6-0-31-0; Shiraz Khalid 8-0-37-1; Babar Naeem 1-0-8-0.
RESULT: Peshawar won by four wickets.
UMPIRES: Tariq Cheema and Zamir Haider.
MATCH REFEREE: Ishtiaq Ahmed.
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH (joint): Younis Khan and Sajid Shah.
