Rizwan Ahmed sparkles

Published March 17, 2003

LAHORE, March 16: An all-round performance by Rizwan Ahmed helped Service Industries beat Karachi Blues by seven wickets in the Pool ‘D’ fixture of the NBP One-day Patron’s Cup at Gaddafi Stadium on Sunday.

Rizwan first excelled with the ball by taking three for six in five overs. Later he hit 41.

Scoreboard

KARACHI BLUES:

Ashraf Ali b Irshad 6

Mohammad Zafar b Irshad 7

Khurram Manzoor c Bilal b Asim 1

Tariq Haroon c Bilal b Asim 0

Mansoor Baig lbw b Javed 12

Rizwan Qureshi not out 68

Tariq Sabzwari c Bilal b Javed 0

Rizwan Saeed b Zeeshan 21

Irfanuddin b Rizwan 4

Iftikhar Ali c Irshad b Rizwan 9

Nasir Khan lbw b Rizwan 0

EXTRAS (LB-4, W-22, NB-8) 34

TOTAL (all out, 41 overs) 162

FALL OF WKTS: 1-21, 2-22, 3-23, 4-27, 5-50, 6-57, 7-98, 8-134, 9-162.

BOWLING: Irshad 7-0-34-2; Asim 6-1-30-2; Javed 10-1-36-2; Zeeshan 10-0-38-1; Rizwan 5-2-6-3;  Rehan 3-0-14-0.

SERVICE INDUSTRIES:

Rizwan Ahmed b Irfan 41

Masood Asim c and b Irfan 37

Sufian Munir c Khurram b Mansoor 37

Bilal Khilji not out 20

Rehan Rafiq not out 5

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, W-7, NB-9) 23

TOTAL (for three wkts, 33.4 overs) 163

FALL OF WKTS: 1-78, 2-116, 3-148.

DID NOT BAT:  Shahbaz  Butt, Mohammad Irshad, Asim Butt,  Zeeshan  Safeer,  Nafees Ahmed, Javed Butt.

BOWLING: Nasir 4-0-33-0; Rizwan Saeed 3-0-23-0; Irfanuddin 10-3-21-2; Iftikhar 4-0-42-0; Rizwan Qureshi 9-2-30-0; Mansoor  3.4-2-7-1.

RESULT: Service Industries won by seven wickets.

Results of other Pool ‘D’ matches:

*At Sheikhupura Stadium, Sheikhupura:

Allied Bank beat Sheikhupura by six wickets.

SHEIKHUPURA 207-7 in 50 overs (Saleem Mughal 36, M. Ayub  44, M. Hassan 35; Tanvir Ahmed 3-73, M. Zahid 2-21);

ALLIED BANK 208-4 in 43.1 overs (Humayun Farhat 64, Wajahatullah Wasti 40, Ijaz Ahmad Junior 55; Asif Raza 3-40).

*At LCCA Ground, Lahore:

Pak PWD beat Lahore Whites by 25 runs.

PAK PWD 233-9 in 50 overs (Zeeshan Pervez 70, Saad Wasim 62, Faisal Athar 29; M. Hussain 4-30);

LAHORE WHITES 208 in 46.5 overs (Musharraf Ali 51, Adnan Usman 44, Tariq Rasheed 30; Riaz Shaikh 4-39, Ahmer Saeed 2-24, Aftab Ahmed 2-32).

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