LAHORE, April 28: Test opener Taufiq Umar hit a half-century and leg-spinner Sohail Ahmed grabbed four wickets to help Lahore Eagles beat Multan Tigers by 22 runs in the Twenty20 Cup match at the Qadhafi Stadium on Thursday.

Batting first, Eagles piled up 183 for nine in 20 overs thanks to a fine knock of 64 by Taufiq. He struck nine boundaries and one six in his 41-ball innings.

One significant feature of Eagles’ innings was the number of no-balls and wides conceded by the Tigers. No less than two dozen no-balls were bowled with wides amounting to six.

In reply, Multan Tigers managed 161 for nine in their stipulated overs with opener Kamran Hussain contributing 66 off 39 balls. His knock included eight fours and two sixes.

Sohail bagged four for 30.

Scoreboard

LAHORE EAGLES:

Salman Butt c Atiq b Shabbir 7

Taufiq Umar c Shabbir b Tahir 64

Kamran Akmal c Atiq b Shabbir 0

Abid Ali run out 20

Ashfaq Ahmed run out 17

Aamir Sajjad c Naved b Zeeshan 2

Khaqan Arsal run out 11

Ali Azmat run out 13

Waqas Ahmed not out 9

Sohail Ahmed not out 3

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-6, NB-24, PR-6) 37

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 20 overs) 183

FALL OF WKTS: 1-18, 2-18, 3-85, 4-111, 5-126, 6-135, 7-159, 8-169.

BOWLING: Shabbir Ahmed 4-1-17-2; Kamran Hussain 4-0-53-0; Zeeshan Khan 4-0-39-1; Tahir Maqsood 4-0-44-1; Azharullah 4-0-23-0.

MULTAN TIGERS:

Zeeshan Khan c Kamran b Aizaz 0

Kamran Hussain c Aamir b Sohail 66

Hasnain Abbas c Khaqan b Ali 19

Aamir Bashir c Abid b Taufiq 18

Asif Iqbal b Ashfaq 22

Naveed Yasin c Abid b Sohail 8

Aqeel Anwar c Aamir b Sohail 1

Tahir Maqsood c Aamir b Sohail 1

Mohammad Atiq st Kamran b Ali 1

Shabbir Ahmed not out 7

Azharullah not out 5

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-2, W-7) 13

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 20 overs) 161

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-52, 3-102, 4-113, 5-134, 6-146, 7-148, 8-148, 9-155.

BOWLING: Aizaz Cheema 2-0-28-1; Ali Azmat 4-0-24-2; Sohail Ahmed 4-0-30-4; Salman Butt 4-0-24-0; Taufiq Umar 4-0-31-1; Ashfaq Ahmed 2-0-18-1.

RESULT: Lahore Eagles won by 22 runs.

UMPIRES: Salim Badar and Riazuddin.

MATCH REFEREE: Khateeb Rizwan.

MAN-Of-The-MATCH: Taufiq Umar.