KARACHI, Feb 15: As expected the weather-ruined Faysal Bank Pentangular Cup fixture between Federal Areas and Sindh failed to produce a result on Wednesday after three blank days at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi killed all hopes of providing such an outcome, Just 56 overs were possible in the game when play long last began on the final day of the four-day match. In available period, Federal Areas scored 221-3 after skipper Rao Iftikhar won the toss.

Defending champions Sindh, who comfortably finished in the standings at the conclusion of the league phase of the competition, qualified for the final against Punjab. That tie will be played over five days at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore from Saturday.

Scoreboard FEDERAL AREAS: Afaq Raheem c Sarfraz b Anwar    72 Umair Khan c Sarfraz b Khurram    49 Shoaib Ahmed c Sharjeel b Kaneria    14 Shan Masood not out    22 Usman Saeed not out    37

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-5, NB-21)    27 TOTAL (for three wkts, 56 overs)    221 FALL OF WKTS: 1-132, 2-160, 3-162. DID NOT BAT: Imad Wasim, Zohaib Ahmed, Jamal Anwar, Rao Iftikhar, Nasrullah Khan, Sadaf Hussain. BOWLING: Anwar Ali Mir Ali Talpur Tabish Khan Danish Kaneria Khurram Manzoor Saeed bin Nasir Aqeel Anjum SINDH: Sharjeel Khan, Khurram Manzoor, Aqeel Anjum, Saeed bin Nasir, Fahad Iqbal, Ali Asad, Sarfraz Ahmed, Mir Ali Talpur, Anwar Ali, Danish Kaneria, Tabish Khan.

RESULT: Match drawn. UMPIRES: Ahmed Shahab and Riazuddin. MATCH REFEREE: Khateeb Rizwan. OFFICIAL SCORER: Shakeel Ahmed.

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