Salman slams century in big win

Published March 8, 2004

LAHORE, March 7: A fine century by Salman Butt andequally impressive batting by Saleem Elahi and Adil Nisarpropelled Lahore to a crushing 162-run win over Quetta in the Quaid-i-Azam One-day Cup at the Sheikhupura Stadium on Sunday.

Salman hit 12 fours in his 148-ball knock to help Lahore pile up 345 for eight in the allotted 50 overs. Test discard Saleem struck 86 off 89 balls with 12 fours. Adil blasted 73 off only 48 deliveries with five sixes and as many fours. Quetta, in reply, made 183 for eight.

Scoreboard

LAHORE:

Taufiq Umar c Kamran b Faisal 1

Saleem Elahi c Faisal b Irfan 86

Salman Butt run out 113

Kamran Akmal b Irfan 5

Adil Nisar c Asif b Faisal 73

Waqas Ahmed lbw b Asif 7

Intikhab Alam c Kamran b Asif 8

Azhar Ali run out 0

Wasim Khan not out 13

EXTRAS (LB-5, W-14, NB-20) 39

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 345

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-18, 3-139, 4-267, 5-235, 6-310, 7-311, 8-345.

DID NOT BAT: Mohammad Khalil, Zeeshan Safeer.

BOWLING: Faisal Irfan 7-0-42-2; Mohammad Asif 10-0-72-2; Khalil Ahmed 4-0-46-0; Naseer Khan 10-0-78-0; Irfanuddin 10-0-41-2; Jalat Khan 9-0-61-0.

QUETTA:

Samiullah Khan c Saleem b Azhar 34

Kamran Niazi c Kamran b Azhar 40

Naseem Khan c Kamran b Zeeshan 8

Naseer Khan c Wasim b Adil 29

Atif Ali Zaidi b Adil 22

Mohammad Javed c and b Salman 11

Jalat Khan c and b Adil 2

Irfanuddin not out 9

Faisal Irfan c and b Salman 12

Mohammad Asif not out 1

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-11, NB-3) 15

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 183

FALL OF WKTS: 1-64, 2-84, 3-93, 4-131, 5-151, 6-155, 7-161, 8-180.

DID NOT BAT: Khalil Ahmed.

BOWLING: Wasim Khan 6-2-21-0; Mohammad Khalil 7-1-37-0; Zeeshan Safeer 10-1-29-1; Azhar Ali 10-1-33-2; Adil Nisar 9-0-34-3; Salman Butt 8-3-28-2.

RESULT: Lahore won by 162 runs.

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