LAHORE, Feb 15: Former Test opener Imran Nazir struck a whirlwind unbeaten century to help Sialkot crush Multan by nine wickets in the Quaid-i-Azam One-day Cup at Multan Cricket Stadium on Sunday.

Imran blasted 18 fours and five sixes on his way to 123 off just 59 deliveries as Sialkot made short work of their target of 174 in 21.4 overs. Imran and skipper Shoaib Malik shared a partnership of 123 for the first wicket before the Pakistan all-rounder was out for 23.

Earlier, left-arm paceman Zahid Saeed (4-31) and slow left-armer Abdul Rehman (3-39) helped bundle out Multan for 173 in 44.4 overs.

Scoreboard

MULTAN:

Rizwan Junior lbw Jaffar 13

Yasir Arfat Jr c Imran b Zahid 7

Usman Tariq b Zahid 17

Saeed Anwar Jr c Khalid b Tahir 6

Aamir Bashir c Khalid b Zahid 5

Rehan Rafiq c Shoaib b Rehman 28

Kamran Hussain c Faisal b Rehman 43

Aamir Ata lbw b Shoaib 11

Abdul Rauf c Shoaib b Rehman 0

Sohaib Maqsood not out 11

Mohammad Irshad c Khalid b Zahid 1

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-2, W-24, NB-4) 31

TOTAL (all out, 44.4 overs) 173

FALL OF WKTS: 1-17, 2-34, 3-44, 4-54, 5-54, 6-120, 7-124,8-130, 9-168.

BOWLING: Tahir Mughal 5-0-37-1; Jaffar Nazir 8-1-28-1; ZahidSaeed 7.4-1-31-4; Shoaib Malik 10-1-21-1; Abdul Rehman 10-1-39-3; Kamran Younis 4-0-14-0.

SIALKOT:

Imran Nazir not out 123

Shoaib Malik b Saeed 23

Faisal Naveed not out 18

EXTRAS (B-1, W-9, NB-3) 13

TOTAL (for two wkts, 21.4 overs) 177

FALL OF WKTS: 1-123, 2-.

DID NOT BAT: Shahid Yousuf, Faisal Naveed, Shahzad Malik Kamran Younis, Hafiz Khalid, Abdul Rehman, Tahir Mughal, Zahid Saeed, Jaffar Nazir.

BOWLING: Abdul Rauf 6-1-32-0; Mohammad Irshad 3-0-44-0; Kamran Hussain 2-0-22-0; Sohaib Maqsood 5-0-39-0; Saeed Anwar Jr 5.4-0-39-1.

RESULT: Sialkot won by nine wickets.

UMPIRES: Nazir Junior and Asad Rauf.

MATCH REFEREE: Azhar Khan.

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Imran Nazir.