LAHORE, April 27: Leg-spinner Adeel Malik bagged a four-wicket to guide Sialkot Stallions to a nine-wicket win over Multan Tigers in a crucial Pool ‘B’ fixture of the ABN Amro Twenty20 Cup at the Qadhafi Stadium here on Wednesday. Adeel conceded just 15 runs during his outstanding spell as Multan Tigers, batting first, were dismissed for 110 in 18.2 overs with Yasir Arafat being the top scorer with 32.

The Stallions reached their target by scoring 112 for one wicket in 13 overs. Bilal Hussain (34 with five fours) and Shahid Yousuf (32) were the key scorers.

The result left all three teams in this pool — Lahore Eagles are the other side – with a chance of qualifying for the next stage since each side won one match.

Scoreboard

MULTAN TIGERS:

Yasir Arafat c and b Adeel 32

M. Ali Niazi c Shoaib b Ali Imran 0

Aamir Bashir run out 1

Hasnain Abbas c Naved b Ali Imran 6

Asif Iqbal c Khalid b Rahman 11

Zeeshan Khan c Rahman b Tariq 12

Sohaib Maqsood c Bilal b Adeel 1

Kamran Hussain c Naved b Adeel 22

Shabbir Ahmed c Qaiser b Adeel 5

Abdul Rauf run out 0

Mohammad Atiq not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-6, W-12, NB-2) 20

TOTAL (all out, 18.2 overs) 110

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-8, 3-23, 4-39, 5-73, 6-76, 7-91, 8-110, 9-110.

BOWLING: Rana Navedul Hasan 3-0-13-0; Ali Imran Pasha 3-0-11-2; Abdul Rahman 3.2-0-17-1; Tariq Mahmood 4-0-29-1; Shoaib Malik 2-0-19-0; Adeel Malik 3-0-15-4.

SIALKOT STALLIONS:

Imran Nazir not out 17

Bilal Hussain b Zeeshan 34

Shahid Yousuf not out 32

EXTRAS (LB-9, W-3, NB-12) 24

TOTAL (for one wkt, 13 overs) 112

FALL OF WKT: 1-108.

DID NOT BAT: Shoaib Malik, Qaiser Abbas, Adeel Malik, Hafiz Khalid, Rana Navedul Hasan, Abdul Rahman, Tariq Mahmood, Ali Imran Pasha.

BOWLING: Shabbir Ahmed 4-0-48-0; Abdul Rauf 2-0-21-0; Sohaib Maqsood 4-1-17-0; Zeeshan Khan 3-0-17-1.

RESULT: Sialkot Stallions won by nine wickets.

UMPIRES: Shakeel Khan and Afzaal Ahmed.

MATCH REFEREE: Abdul Sami Khan.

MAN-OF-HE-MATCH: Adeel Malik.