Shock victory

Published April 4, 2005

KARACHI, April 3: Pakistan Customs pulled off a shock 49-run win against KRL in the Patron’s Cup Pool ‘B’ one-day match at the KRL Stadium in Rawalpindi on Sunday.

Scoreboard

PAKISTAN CUSTOMS:

Kashif Siddique c Shahbaz b Faisal 10

Ali Niazi c Saeed bin Nasir b Saad 35

Azhar Shafiq c Faisal b Saad 9

Naseem Khan c Ali Naqvi b Saeed Anwar 63

Afsar Nawaz c Shahbaz b Jaffar 10

Shahid Siddique c Saeed Ajmal b Saad 10

Kamran Hussain b Ali Naqvi 32

Hanif Malik run out 7

Murtaza Hussain b Ali Naqvi 7

Jalat Khan run out 18

Stephen John not out 10

EXTRAS (LB-8, W-8, NB-5) 21

TOTAL (all out, 47 overs) 232

FALL OF WKTS: 1-32, 2-63, 3-63, 4-93, 5-110, 6-177, 7-194, 8-196, 9-212.

DID NOT BAT: (Imran Ali).

BOWLING: Jaffar Niazi 10-1-53-1 (5nb, 1w); Faisal Afridi 5-0-28-1;

Saad Janjua 7-0-28-3 (3w); Saeed Ajmal 7-1-22-0 (1w); Azhar Ali 5-0-33-0;

Saeed Anwar Jr 7-1-27-1 (2w); Ali Naqvi 6-0-33-2 (1w).

KRL:

Ali Naqvi lbw b Kamran 5

Saeed Anwar Jr lbw b John 9

Mohammad Saleem c Kashif b Kamran 0

Saeed bin Nasir c Kashif b John 63

Azhar Ali lbw b Murtaza 14

Asif Mahmood lbw b Jalat 20

Ashraf Ali c John b Imran 27

Shahbaz Butt b Jalat 9

Faisal Afridi b Murtaza 11

Saad Janjua run out 6

Jaffar Nazir not out 7

>EXTRAS (LB-2, W-4, NB-6) 12

TOTAL (all out, 45.3 overs) 183

FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-8, 3-55, 4-88, 5-121, 6-123, 7-147, 8-167, 9-174.

DID NOT BAT: (Saeed Ajmal).

BOWLING: Stephen John 10-1-41-2 (3nb, 1w); Kamran Hussain 10-2-33-2 (2w);

Imran Ali 7.3-0-25-0 (2nb); Murtaza Hussain 9-0-39-2 (1w); Jalat Khan 8-0-34-2 (1nb);

Kashif Siddique 1-0-9-0.

RESULT: Pakistan Customs won by 49 runs.

UMPIRES: M. Nazir Jr and Rasheed Bhatti.

MATCH REFEREE: Khateeb Rizwan.

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