KARACHI, March 10: Karachi Blues scored a narrow two-wicket victory over Sialkot at Saga Ground (Sialkot) in another match curtailed by poor weather Sunday.
The home team were bundled out for 87 in 23.2 overs after being sent in. Pacers Tariq Haroon (three for 13) and Imranullah (three for five) did most of the damage.
Set 88 for victory in 25 overs, the Blues lost eight for 57 before an unbroken stand of 34 between Abdul Qadir (28) and Jaffar Qureshi (12) settled the issue.
The other Pool ‘B’ fixtures, involving Pak PWD and Sui Gas at Muridke and Gujranwala v Rest of Balochistan, were completely washed out.
SIALKOT:
Adnan Zaheer run out 1
Shakeel Ansar c Zahid b Tariq 1
Shahid Yousuf c Amin b Imran 0
Shahzad Malik c Shahid b Tariq 2
Faisal Khan c Jaffar b Tariq 4
Qalbe Hussain b Imran 1
Shahid Rafiq c Tariq b Zahid 9
Sajjad-ul-Haq c Imran b Zahid 7
Aamir Wasim c Amin b Imran 22
Ovais Malik b Haaris 19
Zaman Haider not out 4
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-4, W-12) 17
TOTAL (all out, 23.2 overs) 87
FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-3, 3-3, 4-10, 5-14, 6-29, 8-36, 9-83.
BOWLING: Tariq Haroon 5-2-13-3; Imranullah 4.2-3-5-3; Zahid Ghauri 5-1-13-2; Mansoor Khan 5-0-13-0; Jaffar Qureshi 1-0-9-0; Haaris Ayaz 2-0-15-1; Abdul Qadir 1-0-14-0.
KARACHI BLUES:
Nadeem Shaikh c and Ovais 4
Zahid Ghauri b Ovais 7
Tariq Haroon c Shakeel b Zaman 2
Atif Ali Zaidi c Shakeel b Ovais 3
Shahid Dawood b Ovais 5
Mansoor Khan b Sajjad 7
Abdul Qadir not out 23
Haaris Ayaz lbw b Sajjad 0
Imranullah c Zaman b Faisal 12
Jaffar Qureshi not out 12
EXTRAS (LB-7, W-8, NB-1) 16
TOTAL (for eight wkts, 24.4 overs) 91
FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-16, 3-16, 4-23, 5-30, 6-38, 7-38, 8-57.
DID NOT BAT: Amin-ur-Rehman.
BOWLING: Ovais Malik 5-1-17-4; Zaman Haider 5-0-15-1; Aamir Wasim 5-0-15-0; Sajjad-ul-Haq 5-2-8-2; Faisal Khan 4.4-0-29-1.
RESULT: Karachi Blues won by two wickets.
UMPIRES: Nadeem Ghauri and Javed Ashraf.
MATCH REFEREE: Azhar Hasan.