Rawalpindi thrash Quetta

Published March 29, 2004

RAWALPINDI, March 28: Afaq Raheem scored an unbeaten century on Sunday as Rawalpindi crushed Quetta by eight wickets in the Quaid-i-Azam Cup match at the KRL Stadium.

In an innings of 103 in which he faced 127 balls, Afaq smashed 11 fours and a six to help his side easily overhaul Quetta's 201 for two, in the 38th over.

Quetta, who opted to bat first could not put up a fighting total on the board despite an unconquered 104 by Samiullah.

Scoreboard

QUETTA:

Kamran Niazi b Najaf 26

Samiullah not out 104

Shoaib Khan run out 33

Javed Iqbal not out 34

EXTRAS (LB-3, NB-1) 4

TOTAL (for two wkts, 50 overs) 201

FALL OF WKTS: 1-58, 2-113.

BOWLING: Rao Iftikhar 10-2-39-1; Yasir Arafat 8-1-31-0; Najaf Shah 10-2-33-1; Alamgir Khan 9-1-49-0; Babar Naeem 10-0-33-0; Usman Saeed 3-0-13-0.

RAWALPINDI:

Babar Naeem b M. Khan 10

Sohail Nasir c sub b Irfan 22

Afaq Raheem not out 103

Naveed Qureshi not out 58

EXTRAS (W-3, NB-6) 9

TOTAL (for two wkts, 37.5 overs) 202

FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 2-68.

BOWLING: Stephen John 6-0-40-0; Mohammad Khan 6-0-35-1; Talat Khan 10-1-38-0; Irfanuddin 10-0-56-1; Naseer Khan 4.5-0-26-0; Shoaib Khan 1-0-7-0.

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