KARACHI, March 21: Medium-pacer Tauqir Hussain claimed five wickets to help Faisalabad Wolves inflict a convincing seven-wicket defeat on Rawalpindi Rams in the National One-day Regional Gold League cricket championship tie at the NBP Sports Complex on Tuesday. Tauqir finished with five for 35 as the Rams struggled to 219 for nine after being asked to bat first by Wolves’ skipper Misbahul Haq.
Only captain Naveed Qureshi (83 off 105 balls, six fours and two sixes) and all-rounder Yasir Arafat (an unbeaten 63 off 87 balls, three fours) managed to make significant contributions.
Mohammad Hafeez (78 off 87 balls, five fours and one six) and Abdul Mannan (91 off 140 balls, six fours and one six) then set up Wolves’ sixth win on the trot with an opening stand of 152.
Scoreboard
RAWALPINDI RAMS:
Mohammad Ibrahim b Tauqir 20
Asim Butt b Imran 23
Usman Saeed c Salman b Tauqir 0
Naveed Qureshi c Asad b Saeed 83
Pervez Aziz c Imran b Saeed 0
Yasir Arafat not out 63
Sajid Mahmood c Salman b Tauqir 5
Alamgir Khan c Asad b Tauqir 0
Jawwad Hameed run out 4
Najaf Shah c Misbah b Tauqir 0
Akhtar Ayub not out 0
EXTRAS (LB-8, W-9, NB-4) 21
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 219
FALL OF WKTS: 1-36, 2-41, 3-58, 4-60, 5-186, 7-202, 7-209, 8-216, 9-219.
BOWLING: Asad Ali 10-0-43-0 (1nb, 3w); Tauqir Hussain 10-1-35-5 (3nb); Saeed Ajmal 10-0-43-2 (1w); Imran Khalid 10-0-50-1 (4w); Mohammad Hafeez 10-0-40-0 (1w).
FAISALABAD WOLVES:
Mohammad Hafeez c and b Jawwad 78
Abdul Mannan c and b Naveed 91
Asif Hussain c Ibrahim b Naveed 23
Mohammad Zahid not out 8
Sabir Hussain not out 4
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-2, W-10, NB-3) 16
TOTAL (for three wkts, 46.1 overs) 220
FALL OF WKTS: 1-152, 2-191, 3-209.
DID NOT BAT: Misbahul Haq, Tauqir Hussain, Mohammad Salman, Imran Khalid, Saeed Ajmal, Asad Ali.
BOWLING: Yasir Arafat 5-0-28-0; Najaf Shah 7-1-30-0 (1nb); Akhtar Ayub 6-0-20-0 (3w); Jawwad Hameed 10-0-51-1 (2w); Alamgir Khan 5-0-25-0 (1w); Naveed Qureshi 10-0-47-2 (3w); Mohammad Ibrahim 2.1-0-12-0 (1nb, 1w); Usman Saeed 1-0-4-0 (1nb).
UMPIRES: Salim Badar and Afzaal Ahmed.
MATCH REFEREE: Khalid Niazi.