Superb century by Sohail

Published May 31, 2003

ISLAMABAD, May 30: Sohail Abbas on Friday stroked a sizzling 138 as Punjab flogged PBC by 139 runs in the Super-12 Stage of the ICA-PTV League.

With 15 hits to the ropes, Sohail along with Waseem Raza (49) took the rival attack to the sword as Punjab put on a match- winning 354 for nine wickets.

A six-wicket haul by Iftikhar Ahmed did help as had it not been for his fine bowling, Punjab total would have been much higher.

In reply, Naeem Khan stroked a fine century but his efforts went in vain as PBC were dismissed for 215.

Summarised scores:

Punjab bt PBC by 139 runs. Punjab 354-9 in 50 overs (Sohail Aftab 138, Waseem Raza 49, Waseem Anwar 33; Iftikhar Ahmed 6-78, Nadir Khan 2-37).

PBC 215 in 41.2 overs (Naeem Khan 100; Waseem Anwar 4-41, Sohail Aftab 2-23).

Asif Memorial bt CRA by 19 runs. Asif Memorial 244 in 50 overs (Azhar Ayub 91, Ch. Iftikhar 53; M Hassan 3-32, Ashar Zaidi 2-24).

CRA 225 in 46.1 overs (Aqeel Mukhtar 47, Abdul Basit 35; Hammadullah 2-30, Raja Rizwan 2-30, Ch. Iftikhar 2-28).

Hassan Memorial bt Classic by three wkts. Classic 217 in 50 overs (Hasnain Ali 40, Rana Ijaz 34; Hammad Yaqoob 4-18, Ch. Adil 3-35).

Hassan Memorial 218-7 in 48.1 overs (Umer Khattak 94; Salimur Rehman 3-27).