Peshawar defeat Lahore in cup tie

Published February 16, 2004

LAHORE, Feb 15: A fine unbeaten knock of 73 byAftab Khan guided Peshawar to a four-wicket victory over Lahore in the Quaid-i-Azam One-day Cup match at the Sheikhupura Stadium on Sunday.

Peshawar reached their target of 183 in 45.5 overs with Aftab striking seven boundaries in his 111-ball innings. Former Test off-spinner Arshad Khan earlier bowled economically as Lahore were dismissed for a paltry 182 in 49.2 overs.

Arshad finished three for 24 while paceman Sajid Shah picked up three for 50.

Scoreboard

LAHORE:

Imran Farhat lbw b Umar Gul 9

Salman Butt st Ahmed b Arshad 33

Saleem Elahi c Wajahat b Taimur 26

Adil Nisar c Ahmed b Arshad 6

Hasan Adnan b Arshad 23

Khaqan Arsal c Ahmed b Sajid 18

Kamran Akmal c Yasir b Noor 17

Wasim Khan b Sajid 4

Imran Sabir run out 12

Mohammad Khalil c and b Sajid 5

Zeeshan Safeer not out 5

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-3, W-10, NB-10) 24

TOTAL (all out, 49.2 overs) 182

FALL OF WKTS: 1-17, 2-81, 3-89, 4-91, 5-131, 6-137, 7-148, 8-156, 9-164.

BOWLING: Sajid Shah 10-0-50-3; Umar Gul 7-1-25-1; Taimur Khan9-1-27-1; Younis Khan 2-0-8-0; Arshad Khan 10-2-24-3; Noor-ul-Amin 9.2-1-34-1; Aftab Khan 2-0-10-0.

PESHAWAR:

Wajahatullah Wasti lbw b Zeeshan 16

Yasir Hameed c Kamran b Khalil 4

Aftab Khan not out 73

Younis Khan st Kamran b Zeeshan 4

Akhtar Sarfraz lbw b Imran Farhat 26

Ahmed Said c Kamran b Imran Sabir 18

Taimur Khan c Kamran b Imran Sabir 22

Sajid Shah not out 0

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-1, W-17, NB-1) 20

TOTAL (for 6 wkts, 45.5 overs) 183

FALL OF WKTS: 1-20, 2-39, 3-52, 4-100, 5-128, 6-178.

DID NOT BAT: Arshad Khan, Noor-ul-Amin and Umar Gul.

BOWLING: Wasim Khan 10-2-31-0; Mohammad Khalil 8-0-38-1; Zeeshan Safeer 9.5-39-2; Imran Sabir 10-0-35-2; Imran Farhat 6-0-29-1; Adil Nisar 2-0-9-0.

RESULT: Peshawar won by four wickets.

UMPIRES: Afzaal Ahmed and Islam Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Shafiq Ahmed.

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Aftab Khan.

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