LAHORE, Feb 21: Fine batting by openers Salman Butt and Taufiq Umar enabled Pakistan XI to beat Rest of Pakistan (RoP) XI by eight wickets in a charity match organised to raise funds for the victims of tsunami catastrophe and the Balochistan flood disaster at the Qadhafi Stadium on Monday.
Salamn remained unbeaten 91 while Taufiq struck 68 as Pakistan XI overhauled the winning target of 188 in 39.3 overs for the loss of two wickets. Salman cracked 13 fours while faced 122 balls.
Taufiq hit 10 boundaries and one six. He negotiated 96 balls. The openers were involved in 151 runs for the first wicket. Shoaib Malik contributed quick fire 23, two sixes, one four off 18 balls. Earlier, Aamer Bashir scored 70 to help RoP to manage a respectable total scoring 187 for all in 47.5 overs.
He smashed nine boundaries in a knock of 110 balls. Leg-spinner Danish Kaneria finished with four wickets for 42 while Muhammad Sami picked up three for 32.
SCOREBOARD
REST OF PAKISTAN XI
Imran Farhat run out 10
Faisal Athar c Kamran b Sami 0
Misbahul Haq b Irshad 23
Aamer Bashir b Kaneiria 70
Faisal Iqbal run out 34
Yasir Arafat b Sami 5
Zulqarnain Haider lbw b Sami 6
Abdul Rauf lbw b Kaneria 1
Muhammad Khalil c Shoaib b Kaneria 8
Shahid Nazir c Salman b Kaneria 12
Tahir Khan not out 3
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-2, W-9, NB-3) 16
TOTAL (all out, 47.5 overs) 187
FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-13, 3-51, 4-143, 5-151, 6-160, 7-161, 8-161, 9-183.
BOWLING: Muhammad Sami 9-0-32-3; Rao Iftikhar 7-1-24-0; Muhammad Irshad 5-0-20-1; Danish Kaneria 8.5-0-42-4; Muhammad Asif 3-0-9-0; Shoaib Malik 8-0-30-0; Muhammad Hafeez 7-1-27-0.
PAKISTAN XI
Salman Butt not out 91
Taufiq Umar c Zulqarnain b Tahir 68
Shoaib Malik c Zulqarnain b Khalil 23
Yasir Hameed not out 0
EXTRAS (W-1, NB-5) 6
TOTAL (for two wkts, 39.3 overs) 188
FALL OF WKTS: 1-151, 2-185.
BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 6-1-18-0; Abdul Rauf 6-0-21-0; Abdul Rauf 6-0-34-0; Muhammad Khalil 6.3-0-32-1; Tahir Khan 7-0-52-0; Imran Tahir 8-0- 31-1.
UMPIRES: Asad Rauf-Zameer Haider.