KARACHI, March 11: Sialkot Stallions survived some anxious moments before inflicting a three-wicket defeat on Rawalpindi Rams in the National One-day Regional Gold League match at the National Stadium on Saturday.

The Stallions, crowned Twenty20 Cup champions last weekend, won in the 46th over but lost seven wickets in reaching 223.

Opener Atiqur Rahman (60 off 93 balls, two fours), Bilal Hussain (38) and Shahzad Malik (36) were the chief run-getters.

Earlier, former Test opener Mohammad Wasim (74 off 106 balls, eight fours) and all-rounder Yasir Arafat (an unbeaten 64 off 67 balls, five fours) were the Rams’ mainstays after being asked to bat first.

Scoreboard

RAWALPINI RAMS:

Mohammad Wasim c Shahzad b Mansoor 74

Mohammad Ibrahim c Bilal b Tahir 14

Usman Saeed run out 1

Naveed Qureshi c Hafiz b Tahir 0

Pervez Aziz c Shahid b Kamran 26

Yasir Arafat not out 64

Sohail Tanvir c Hafiz b Kamran 10

Sajid Mahmood c Atiq b Mansoor 9

Alamgir Khan c Imran b Mansoor 11

Jawwad Hameed run out 0

Najaf Shah c Shahzad b Tahir 1

EXTRAS (LB-7, W-4) 11

TOTAL (all out, 50 overs) 221

FALL OF WKTS: 1-51, 2-61, 3-61, 4-115, 5-132, 6-155, 7-184, 8-208, 9-211.

BOWLING: Jaffar Nazir 7-2-39-0 (3w); Nadeem Javed 6-0-22-0 (1w); Tahir Mughal 10-2-41-3; Shahid Yousuf 7-1-26-0; Kamran Younis 10-0-48-2; Mansoor Amjad 10-0-38-3.

SIALKOT STALLIONS:

Imran Nazir b Yasir 8

Atiqur Rahman b Alamgir 60

Shahid Yousuf c Sajid b Najaf 6

Bilal Hussain b Sohail 38

Shahzad Malik c Yasir b Najaf 36

Mansoor Amjad b Yasir 19

Kamran Younis not out 22

Hafiz Khalid st Sajid b Sohail 6

Tahir Mughal not out 9

EXTRAS (LB-2, W-10, NB-7) 19

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 45.4 overs) 223

FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-15, 3-81, 4-151, 5-175, 6-193, 7-209.

DID NOT BAT: Jaffar Nazir, Nadeem Javed.

BOWLING: Yasir Arafat 10-0-46-2 (1w); Najaf Shah 10-1-54-2 (2nb); Sohail Tanvir 10-0-60-2 (5nb, 3w); Jawwad Hameed 5.4-0-39-0; Alamgir Khan 10-0-42-1 (1w).

UMPIRES: Iftikhar Malik and M. Nazir Jr.

MATCH REFEREE: Khateeb Rizwan.