LAHORE, March 14: A gallant knock of 107 by Haaris Ayaz narrowly failed to guide Karachi Blues to a sensational victory over Sui Gas in the National One-day Cricket Championship match at Gaddafi Stadium Thursday.
Chasing a formidable 292, the Blues were all out for 286 in 49.1 overs despite Haaris’s brilliant 94-ball cameo that was studded with 10 fours and one six.
Pacers Wasim Khan and Abdur Rauf were instrumental in Sui Gas five-run success by taking four wickets each for 54 and 59 runs respectively.
SUI GAS:
Mohammad Hafeez b Imranullah 1
Kamran Sajid c Amin b Haaris 96
Sohail Idrees lbw b Jaffar 71
Saleem Mughal b MansoorKhan 15
Asim Munir run out 1
Mohammad Hussain b Jaffar 31
Zia-ur-Rehman c Amin b A. Qadir 24
Ali Raza not out 14
Abdur Rauf lbw b Jaffar 0
Wasim Khan not out 1
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-10, W21, NB-5) 37
TOTAL (for 8 wkts, 50 overs) 291
FALL OF WKTS: 1-22, 2-48, 3-73, 4-174, 5-224, 6-253, 7-279, 8- 280.
DID NOT BAT: Azhar Abbas.
BOWLING: Imranullah 6-0-30-1; Tariq Haroon 5-1-33-0; Mansoor Khan 10-1-44-1; Haaris Ayaz 10-0-53-1; Abdul Qadir 6.4-0-49-1; Ariz Kamal 2.2-0-24-0; Jaffar Qureshi 10-0-47-3.
KARACHI BLUES:
Tariq Haroon c Saleem b Wasim 14
Zahid Ghauri lbw b A. Rauf 3
Atif Ali Zaidi c Hussain b Wasim 3
Ariz Kamal lbw b Wasim 1
Mansoor Baig lbw b Saleem 58
Haaris Ayaz run out 107
Mansoor Khan c Hussain b A. Rauf 56
Imranullah c Hafeez b A. Rauf 12
Jaffar Qureshi b Wasim 8
Abdul Qadir b Rauf 0
Amin-ur-Rehman not out 4
EXTRAS (LB-1, W-10, NB-9) 20
TOTAL (all out, 49.1 overs) 286
FALL OF WKTS: 1-7, 2-28, 3-28, 4-31, 5-156, 6-246, 7-265, 8-275, 9-276.
BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 10-0-59-4; Wasim Khan 9.1-0-54-4; Azhar Abbas 7-0-63-0; Mohammad Hafeez 10-0-43-0; Muhammad Hussain 10-1-34-0; Saleem Mughal 1-0-15-1; Kamran Sajid 2-0-17-0.
Results of other Pool ‘B’ matches:
*National Bank beat Gujranwala by 31 runs at Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala
NATIONAL BANK 251-9 in 50 overs (Qaiser Abbas 100 not out, Sajid Ali 31, Akhtar Sarfraz 24, Kamran Akmal 21, Mohammad Javed 21; Kamran Younis 3-54, Rana Jahanzeb 2-42);
GUJRANWALA 220 in 49.3 overs (Kamran Younis 75, Hafiz Khalid 34, Basit Murtaza 28, Tariq Javed 28; Shabbir Ahmed 5-34, Mushtaq Ahmed 3-55).
*Sialkot beat Rest of Balochistan by six wickets at Saga Ground, Sialkot
REST OF BALOCHISTAN 206 in 49.2 overs (Mohtashim Ali 87 not out, Aqil Baloch 46, Sanaullah 32; Mansoor Amjad 3-52, Shahid Yousuf 2-12, Zaman Haider 2-18);
SIALKOT 207-4 in 36.1 overs (Mubashir Dar 75, Shahzad Malik 32, Shaiman 22 not out, Basit Saeed 21, Shahid Yousuf 21).