KARACHI, March 5: Fine batting by Shahzad Malik, Shahid Yousuf and Qaiser Abbas led the foundation of Sialkot Stallions’ fourth successive victory in the ABN-Amro One-day Gold League Cup at the National Stadium here on Sunday.
Shahzad (94 off 78 balls, nine fours and one six), Shahid 92 off 70 balls, seven fours and three sixes) and Qaiser (71 off 85 balls, eight fours) helped the Stallions piled up 317 for nine against Interloop Wolves Faisalabad, who were all out for 253 in reply.
Former Pakistan batsman Naved Latif, the Wolves skipper, hit a 78-ball 75 with five fours and three sixes.
Scoreboard
SIALKOT STALLIONS:
Qaiser Abbas b Ijaz 71
Atiq-ur-Rehman c Tauqir b Ahmed 21
Bilal Hussain c Salman b Tauqir 6
Shahzad Malik c Ijaz b Ahmed 94
Shahid Yousuf b Faisal 92
Tahir Mughal b Ahmed 3
Hafiz Khalid b Ahmed 4
Abdur Rehman c Salman b Faisal 2
Mansoor Amjad run out 4
Sarfraz Ahmed not out 6
Kashif Dawood not out 0
EXTRAS (B-2, LB-1, W-10, NB-1) 14
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 317
FALL OF WKTS: 1-51, 2-71, 3-151, 4-247, 5-261, 6-283, 7-295, 8-311, 9-311.
BOWLING: Ahmed Hayat 10-0-61-4 (1nb, 4w); Faisal Afridi 9-0-49-2 (4w); Saeed Ajmal 10-0-58-0; Tauqir Hussain 6-0-39-1 (1w); Imran Khalid 8-0-59-0 (1w); Ijaz Ahmed Jr 5-0-37-1; Naved Latif 2-0-11-0.
INTERLOOP WOLVES FAISALABAD:
Imran Ali b Kashif 7
Asif Hussain c Khalid b Sarfraz 19
Ammar Mahmood c Bilal b Kashif 11
Tauqir Hussain c Khalid b Sarfraz 0
Imran Khalid c sub b Tahir 44
Naved Latif c sub b Mansoor 75
Ijaz Ahmed Jr c Sarfraz b Mansoor 21
Mohammad Salman not out 38
Faisal Afridi c Kashif b Rehman 1
Ahmed Hayat b Sarfraz 21
Saeed Ajmal lbw b Tahir 0
EXTRAS (B-3, LB-1, W-11, NB-1) 16
TOTAL (all out, 47.2 overs) 253
FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-57, 3-57, 4-62, 5-116, 6-190, 7-194, 8-199, 9-251.
BOWLING: Sarfraz Ahmed 8-2-31-3 (2w); Kashif Dawood 8-0-46-2 (1nb, 1w); Tahir Mughal 9.2-0-43-2 (1w); Mansoor Amjad 10-0-48-2; Abdur Rehman 10-0-61-1 (2w); Qaiser Abbas 2-0-20-0.
RESULT: Sialkot Stallions won by 64 runs.
UMPIRES: Salim Badar and Islam Khan.
MATCH REFEREE: Taslim Arif.
OFFICIAL SCORER: Salman Hussain.