Pakistan ‘A’ overwhelm ECB XI

Published January 26, 2003

SHARJAH, Jan 25: Pacers Naveed-ul-Hasan and Yasir Arafat led Pakistan ‘A’ to a fine 160 runs victory over Emirates Cricket Board XI in a day and night match for a 3-0 clean sweep at Sharjah stadium on Friday.

The visitors won the first tie by seven wickets at Dubai and scored a 153 runs victory in the following game at Abu Dhabi.

Scoreboard

PAKISTAN A

Imran Farhat c M.Nadeem b A Nadeem 8

Salman Butt run out 56

Shoaib Malik run out 49

Saeed Bin Nasir lbw Azhar 40

Rana Naveed b Leon 10

Atiq Uz Zaman c Abdullah b Asim 42

Yasir Arafat c Abdullah b Asim 24

Junaid Zia c Taquir b Asim 2

Farhan Adil c Taquir b Ahmad 1

Danish Kaneria not out 3

Najaf Shah c Taquir b Asim 1

EXTRAS (lb-3,nb-5,wb-12) 20

TOTAL (allout in 49.5 overs) 266

FALL OF WKTS: 1-23,2-104,3-174,4-185,5-188,6-261 7-261-,8-2619-263,10-266

BOWLING: Ahmad Nadeem 10-0-42-2, Asim Saeed 9.5-1-37-4, Leon Carlo 10-0-66-1, Muhammad Taquir 10-0-48-0, Muhammad Afzal 10-0-70-1.

ECB XI

Asim Zubair b Naveed 0

Asim Saeed b Naveed 18

Fahd Usmani lbw Naveed 0

Naeem ud Din b Naveed 9

Muahmmad Afzal b Yasir 29

Abdullah b Naveed 1

Ahmad Nadeem c Farhan b Yasir 19

Muhammad Taquir c Imran b Junaid 1

Muhammad Nadeem c Atiq b Yasir 8

Ausaf Ali b Yasir 4

Leon Carlo not out 0

EXTRAS (lb-5,wb-13,nb-7) 25

TOTAL (allout in 24.5 overs) 106

FALL OF WKTS: 1-1,2-1,3-25,4-30,5-40,6-73, 7-79,8-101,9-105,10-106

BOWLING: Naveed ul Hasan 7-2-23-5, Najaf Shah 6-0-21-0, Junaid Zia 6-0-33-1, Yasir Arafat 5.1-0-24-4.—APP

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