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LAHORE, Jan 15: An All-rounder performance by Imran Farhat steered Lahore Lions (LL) into One-day cup semi-finals after beating Faisalabad Wolves (FW) by 25 runs under must-win situation at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad on Saturday.
As winners of the match were to qualify for the last four, Imran struck a solid knock of 70 runs (92 balls, five fours, one six) and helped the Lions post 235 in 44.1. Wolves also made an impressive start through Abdul Mannan (47, seven fours) and Khurram Shahzad (45, eight fours) who collected 91 runs in opening stand.
But Imran Farhat excelled with his leg spinners removing both in a space of nine runs. He finished with three for 29 as Wolves were all out for 210 in 43.3 overs with captain Misbahul Haq (46, one four, one six) being the only other major contributor.
Another leg-spinner Imran Tahir snared three wickets for 28 while off-spinner Jahangir Mirza 3-48. Lions will meet pool "B" leaders Hyderabad Hawks in semi-finals at Qadhafi Stadium on Jan 27.
SCOREBOARD
LAHORE LIONS
Imran Farhat c Saeed b Farooq 70
Nasir Jamshed c Misbah b Ijaz 44
Humayun Farhat run out 13
Arslan Mir b Farooq 24
Kashif Siddiq run out 10
Jahangir Mirza c Zaman b Saeed 26
Umar Javed st. Zaman b Farooq 10
Wasim Khan run out 1
Khurram Chauhan lbw Shahid 0
Imran Tahir c Misbah b Saeed 8
Shahzad Butt not out 4
EXTRAS (LB-9, W-15, NB-1) 25
TOTAL (all out, 44.1 overs) 235
FALL OF WKTS: 1-95, 2-109, 3-152, 4-165, 5-191, 6-214, 7-223, 8- 223, 9-223.
BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 9-0-42-1; Ahmed Hayat 7-0-35-0; Tauqeer Hussain 2-0- 19-0; Saeed Ajmal 8.1-0-46-2; Ijaz Ahmed Jnr 9-0-41-1; Farooq Iqbal 9-0-43-3.
FAISALABAD WOLVES
Abdul Mannan b Imran 47
Khurram Shahzad lbw Imran 45
Misbahul Haq st Humayun b I Tahir 46
Ijaz Ahmed Jnr lbw Imran 1
Naved Latif ct Imran b Jahangir 26
Tauqeer Hussain run out 12
M. Zaman ct Shahzad b Jehangir 11
Ahmed Hayat st Humayun b I Tahir 1
Farooq Iqbal ct c Nasir b Jahangir 8
Shahid Nazir c Imran b I Tahir 4
Saeed Ajmal not out 0
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-4, NB-3) 9
TOTAL (all out, 43.3 overs) 210
FALL OF WKTS: 1-91, 2-100, 3-101, 4-138, 5-164, 6-193, 7-195, 8- 201, 9-206.
BOWLING: Wasim Khan 5-2-20-0; Shahzad Butt 3-0-26-0; Arslan Mir 6-0-33-0; Imran Farhat 8-0-29-3; Khurram Chauhan 5-0-24-0; Imran Tahir 9-1- 28-3; Jahangir Mirza 7.3-0-48-3.
