LAHORE, April 28: Fine bowling by medium-pacer Mohammad Hasnain helped Karachi Zebras beat Lahore Eagles by 54 runs in the Twenty20 Cup match at the Qadhafi Stadium on Wednesday night.

Right-arm bowler Hasnain picked up four for 20 as the Eagles were bundled out for 131 while chasing a easy target of 186.

Earlier, wicket-keeper Javed Qadeer struck an unbeaten 32-ball 57 with eight boundaries and one six to top score for the Zebras.

Scoreboard

KARACHI ZEBRAS:

Shadab Kabir c Kamran b Waqas 9

Khalid Latif c Kamran b Ashfaq 29

Fahad Iqbal c and b Sohail 31

Afsar Nawaz run out 1

Wasim Naeem c Ashfaq b Ali Azmat 20

Javed Qadeer not out 57

Mohammad Hasnain not out 12

EXTRAS (LB-4, W-18, NB-4) 26

TOTAL (for five wkts, 20 overs) 185

FALL OF WKTS: 1-17, 2-77, 3-79, 4-83, 5-123.

DID NOT BAT: Adnan Malik, Atif Maqbool, Saeed Khan, Danish Kaneria.

BOWLING: Fahad Masood 2-0-20-0; Waqas Ahmed 2-0-26-1; Ali Azmat 4-0-19-1; Sohail Ahmed 4-0-15-1; Aizaz Cheema 2-0-24-0; Ashfaq Ahmed 2-0-27-1; Salman Butt 2-0-15-0; Aamir Sajjad 2-0-35-0.

LAHORE EAGLES:

Salman Butt c Wasim b Saeed 9

Taufiq Umar c Khalid b Hasnain 0

Kamran Akmal b Atif 29

Ashfaq Ahmed c Javed b Saeed 14

Aamir Sajjad c Hasnain b Atif 5

Khaqan Arsal c Afsar b Atif 6

Sohail Ahmed c Khalid b Hasnain 31

Ali Azmat b Hasnain 20

Waqas Ahmed b Hasnain 4

Fahad Masood st Javed b Kaneria 1

Aizaz Cheema not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-5, W-5, NB-2) 12

TOTAL (all out, 17.2 overs) 131

FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-14, 3-42, 4-51, 5-57, 6-74, 7-124, 8-125, 9-127.

BOWLING: Saeed Khan 3-0-29-2; Mohammad Hasnain 3.2-0-20-4; Atif Maqbool 2-0-23-3; Danish Kaneria 3-0-20-1; Wasim Naeem 4-0-19-0; Adnan Malik 2-0-15-0.

RESULT: Karachi Zebras won by 54 runs.

UMPIRES: Aleem Dar and Nadeem Ghauri.

MATCH REFEREE: Taslim Arif.

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Javed Qadeer.