KARACHI, Jan 9: Pace man Junaid Zia snapped-up five wickets to bowl Lahore Eagles to an exciting two wickets win over Multan Tigers in inaugural Cup One-Day Cricket Tournament at UBL Sports Complex Sunday.

Lanky fast medium bowler Junaid, who played four one-day internationals for Pakistan, finished with figures of five for 53 in nine over as Multan Taigers sent to bat first were dismissed for 224 in exactly 45 overs.

Fellow pacer Waasq Ahmed chipped in with two for 49. Opener Saeed Anwar Junior hit 58 with five hits to the ropes and Muhammad Ali Niazi got a quick fire 51 off 48 deliveries with five 4s and brace of 6s.

Lahore Eagles reached the target with two balls to spare for the loss of Eight wickets. Aamir Sajjad slammed a fighting 52 in 70s with four boundaries. Medium pacer Muhammad Irshad was pick of Multan bowling attack with three wickets for 40 runs in nine overs.

Scoreboard

MULTAN TIGERS

Saeed Anwar Jr c Ali b Junaid 58

Usman Tariq b Junaid 5

Yasir Arafat lbw Junaid 0

Aamer Bashir c & b Ali 30

Muhammad Ali c Khaqan b Waqas 51

Azhar Shafiq b Waqas 19

Kamran Hussain c Waqas b Sohail 6

Shahid Hamid not out 20

Abdul Rauf run out 11

Muhammad Irshad c Aamir b Junaid 2

Majid Majeed c Aamir b Junaid 0

Extras (lb3, w12, nb7) 22

Total (all out in 45 overs) 224

Fall of wkt: 1-12, 2-12, 3-85, 4-148, 5-171, 6-179, 7-194, 8-216, 9-221

Bowling: Fahad Masood 9-1-30-0, Junaid Zia 9-1-53-5, Sohail Ahmed 9-0-30-1, Waqas Ahmed 9-0-49-2, Ali Azmat 4-0-27-1, Kamran Sajid 5-0-32-0.

LAHORE EAGLES

K.Ashfaq run out 39

Abdil Ali c Shahid b Rauf 7

Khaqan Arsal c Shahid b Irshad 19

Kamran Sajid c Shahid b Irshad 8

Aamir Sajjad b Irshad 52

Sohail Amed c Ali b Rauf 37

Ali Azmat not out 23

Waqas Ahmed c Irshad b Majid 12

Ali Raza run out 0

Junaid Zia not out 9

Extras (lb4, w8, nb7) 19

Total (for 8 wkts in 44.4 overs) 225

Fall of wkt: 1-18, 2-74, 3-74, 4-88, 5-172, 6-187, 7-208, 8-208

Bowling: Kamran Hussain 5-0-39-0, Abdul Rauf 7.4-0-42-2, Saeed Anwar Jr 9-0-36-0, Muhammad Irshad 9-0-40-3, Aamir Bashir 6-0-23-0, Majid Majeed 8-0-41-1.

Man-of-the-match: Junaid Zia.

Umpires: Islam Khan and Shakeel Khan

Referee: Taslim Arif. -APP