Easy ride for Multan

Published February 23, 2004

MULTAN, Feb 22: Multan outclassed Quetta by 124 runs in the Quaid-i-Azam One-day Cup match at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Sunday. Multan, who were put into bat, amassed 319 for five in 50 overs.

Quetta, in reply, were restricted to 195 for five despite an unbeaten 80 by Atif Ali Zaidi, the guest player from Karachi.

Scoreboard

MULTAN:

Nazir Ahmed c Kamran b Asif 12

Yasir Arafat Jr lbw b Faisal 81

Usman Tariq b Irfanuddin 27

Saeed Anwar Jr c Naseem b Asif 84

Aamir Bashir not out 59

Kamran Hussain run out 5

Aamir Ata not out 1

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-6, W-28, NB-12) 50

TOTAL (for five wkts, 50 overs) 319

FALL OF WKTS: 1-61, 2-109, 3-183, 4-302, 5-314.

DID NOT BAT: Aqeel Arshad, Sohaib Maqsood, Abdul Rauf, Mohammad Irshad.

BOWLING: Faisal 10-1-42-1 (1nb, 1w); John 10-1-49-0 (11nb, 4w); Asif 10-1-78-2 (7w); Irfanuddin 10-0-62-1 (7w); Zahid 7-0-45-0 (4w); Samiullah 3-0-23-0 (5w).

QUETTA:

Samiullah c Aamir Ata b Rauf 4

Kamran Niazi c sub b Kamran 17

Mohammad Naseem c Aamir Ata b Rauf 8

Atif Ali Zaidi not out 80

Usman Khalid b Aqeel 22

Javed Iqbal c Rauf b Aqeel 14

Irfanuddin not out 17

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-11, W-5, NB-12) 35

TOTAL (for five wkts, 50 overs) 195

FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-19, 3-41, 4-116, 5-158.

DID NOT BAT: Faisal Irfan, Mohammad Asif, Zahid Naseer, Stephen John.

BOWLING: Abdul Rauf 10-2-28-2 (1nb, 1w); Kamran 7-0-26-1 (2nb, 1w); Irshad 8-0-36-0 (8nb, 1w); Sohaib 7-2-15-0 (1nb); Aqeel 10-0-41-2 (1w); Saeed Jr 8-0-33-0 (1w).

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