Sui Gas shock champions

Published April 9, 2005

KARACHI, April 8: In a most unexpected twist, Sui Gas notched up their first win in the Patron’s Cup on Friday when they surprised defending champions Habib Bank by six wickets at the LCCA ground in Lahore with Sufyan Munir guiding them home with a fine century.

Sufyan, who had never reached three figures in a limited-overs innings, hammered an unbeaten 102 off 93 deliveries with the help of 10 fours and one six as Sui Gas reached their target of 205 in the 47th over.

Saleem Mughal also played a crucial hand in his team’s success as he scored 43 during the fourth-wicket partnership of 116 with the right-handed Sufyan.

Earlier, medium-pacers Tauqir Hussain claimed five for 51 and Sajid Ali three for 47 to restrict Habib Bank to 204 all out in 46.1 overs.

Scoreboard

HABIB BANK:

Imran Farhat c Ayub b Tauqir                      34
Taufiq Umar c Irshad b Sajid                       21
Riffatullah c Imran b Sajid                            19
Farhan Adil b Sajid                                      22
Aftab Khan b Tauqir                                      5
Khaqan Arsal c Shakeel b Tauqir                 16
Salman Qadir b Tauqir                                 11
Abdul Rahman c Yasir b Zohaib                   33
Sajid Shah run out                                          0
Farhan Iqbal b Zohaib                                  13
Fahad Masood not out                                 10

EXTRAS (LB-5, W-4, NB-11)                  20
TOTAL (all out, 46.1 overs)                      204
FALL OF WKTS: 1-56, 2-60, 3-98, 4-107, 5-117, 6-138, 7-147, 8-147, 9-175.
DID NOT BAT: (Waqas Chughtai).
BOWLING: Mohammad Irshad 9-0-51-0 (1nb, 1w); Sajid Ali 10-2-47-3 (3nb); Tauqir Hussain 10-0-51-4 (5nb, 1w); Imran Khalid 10-1-25-0 (1w); Zohaib Khan 5.1-0-21-2 (2nb, 1w); Saleem Mughal 2-0-4-0.

SUI GAS:

Yasir Arafat Jr lbw b Sajid                                       9
Hafiz Majid c Imran b Sajid                                    16
Sohail Idrees c Taufiq b Sajid                                 18
Sufyan Munir not out                                            102
Saleem Mughal c Farhan Iqbal b Rahman               43
Ayub Dogar not out                                               10

EXTRAS (B-2, W-2, NB-3)                                  7
TOTAL (for four wkts, 46.1 overs)                     205
FALL OF WKTS: 1-20, 2-45, 3-50, 4-176.
DID NOT BAT: Tauqir Hussain, Shakeel Ansar, Imran Khalid, Mohammad Irshad, Zohaib Khan, (Sajid Ali).
BOWLING: Sajid Shah 10-2-28-3; Waqas Chughtai 9-2-30-0 (3nb, 1w); Abdul Rahman 10-2-41-1; Fahad Masood 4-0-22-0; Imran Farhat 6.1-0-35-0 (1w); Taufiq Umar 5-0-30-0; Salman Qadir 2-0-17-0.

UMPIRES: Siddique Khan and Rasheed Bhatti.
MATCH REFEREE: Saadat Ali.

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