LAHORE, March 8: A sparkling century by Nasir Jamshed steered Lahore Lions to a seven-wicket win against Karachi Dolphins in a Silver League match of the National One-day Regional cricket championship on Wednesday.

Nasir slammed a 114-ball 117 with 13 fours and one over as the Lions reached their target in 43 overs.

Earlier, the Dolphins wasted a good start to finish at 218 with opener Agha Sabir making 72.

Scoreboard

KARACHI DOLPHINS:

Agha Sabir c Wahab b Taufiq 72

Khalid Latif lbw b Wasim 2

Asif Zakir c Wahab b Irfan 42

Afsar Nawaz c Irfan b Taufiq 39

Fawad Alam run out 26

Iqbal Shaikh c Adnan b Hussain 3

Sarfraz Ahmed c Zulqarnain b Imran 2

Rajesh Ramesh c Adnan b Hussain 2

Atif Maqbool not out 7

Irfanuddin run out 7

Malik Aftab c Nasir b Wasim 0

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-4, W-9, NB-1) 16

TOTAL (all out, 46.2 overs) 218

FALL OF WKTS: 1-16, 2-95, 3-144, 4-188, 5-193, 6-197, 7-200, 8-201, 9-217.

BOWLING: Wasim Khan 8.2-0-30-2; Wahab Riaz 6-0-23-0; Irfan Fazil 6-2-25-1; Imran Tahir 9-0-38-1; Mohammad Hussain 10-1-48-2; Taufiq Umar 7-0-48-2.

LAHORE LIONS:

Taufiq Umar c Khalid b Rajesh 0

Shahnawaz Malik b Fawad 50

Nasir Jamshed st Sarfraz b Iqbal 117

Adnan Raza not out 25

Rashid Riaz not out 14

EXTRAS (LB-4, W-12) 16

TOTAL (three wkts, 43 overs) 222

FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-140, 3-201.

DID NOT BAT: Zulqarnain Haider, Mohammad Hussain, Imran Tahir, Wasim Khan, Wahab Riaz, Irfan Fazil.

BOWLING: Rajesh Ramesh 5-0-48-1; Malik Aftab 6-0-29-0; Irfanuddin 8-0-40-0; Atif Maqbool 10-0-53-0; Fawad Alam 5-1-16-1; Afsar Nawaz 3-0-13-0; Iqbal Sheikh 6-0-27-1.

UMPIRES: Iqbal Butt and Z.I. Pasha.

MATCH REFEREE: Saadat Ali.