KARACHI, March 21: Scintillating batting by Saeed Anwar and Usman Tariq enabled Multan Tigers outclass Sialkot Stallions by eight wickets in the Gold League fixture of the National One-day Regional cricket championship on Tuesday. Saeed hammered an unbeaten 106 and the fellow left-handed Usman a hurricane 96 as the Tigers overhauled the Stallions’ score of 292 with only two wickets down and as many overs to spare at the UBL Sports Complex.
Usman was in magnificent touch as he stroked 14 fours and two sixes in his 68-ball while dominating the opening partnership of 152 with Saeed, who slammed 11 boundaries in his 128-ball knock.
Mohammad Ali Niazi also played a good hand. He struck an 81-ball 67 with four fours and one six and helped Saeed put on 128 for the second wicket.
Scoreboard
SIALKOT STALLIONS:
Kamran Younis c Murtaza b Kamran 41
Atiqur Rahman c Ali Niazi b Kamran 36
Shahid Yousuf c Adnan b A. Rauf 4
Bilal Hussain run out 28
Imran Nazir c Saeed b Zulfiqar 52
Mansoor Amjad c Saeed b Kashif 15
Sarfraz Ahmed c Asif b Aamir 14
Tahir Mughal c and b Murtaza 41
Hafiz Khalid b Zulfiqar 37
Adeel Malik c Asif b Murtaza 9
Jaffar Nazir not out 1
EXTRAS (LB-4, W-3, NB-7) 14
TOTAL (all out, 49.4 overs) 292
FALL OF WKTS: 1-79, 2-88, 3-103, 4-141, 5-162, 6-187, 7-219, 8-264, 9-279.
BOWLING: Kamran Hussain 10-0-41-2 (3nb, 1w); Abdur Rauf 9-1-53-1 (4nb, 1w); Murtaza Hussain 10-1-53-2 (1w); Zulfiqar Babar 9.4-0-71-2; Kashif Naveed 5-0-33-1; Aamir Bashir 6-0-37-1.
MULTAN TIGERS:
Saeed Anwar not out 106
Usman Tariq run out 96
M. Ali Niazi c Jaffar b Tahir 67
Asif Iqbal not out 8
EXTRAS (B-5, LB-2, W-7, NB-2) 16
TOTAL (for two wkts, 48 overs) 293
FALL OF WKTS: 1-152, 2-280.
DID NOT BAT: Aamir Bashir, Kamran Hussain, Kashif Naveed, Adnan Akmal, Murtaza Hussain, Abdur Rauf, Zulfiqar Babar.
BOWLING: Jaffar Nazir 2-0-37-0 (2nb); Sarfraz Ahmed 7-0-35-0; Tahir Mughal 9-0-53-1 (1w); Mansoor Amjad 9-0-39-0; Kamran Younis 7-0-25-0; Bilal Hussain 2-0-20-0; Imran Nazir 7-0-47-0 (1w); Adeel Malik 5-0-30-0 (1w).
UMPIRES: Akbar Khan and Zameer Haider.
MATCH REFEREE: Anwer Khan.