KARACHI, April 6: Test fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar returned to active cricket on Wednesday with four cheap wickets a KRL notched up an easy 83-run victory over Sui Gas in the Patron’s Cup Pool ‘B’ match at the Qadhafi Stadium in Lahore.
Shoaib, who has not played since the tour of Australia in January, bowled seven overs to take four for 22 as Sui Gas were all out for 175 after being set 259 for victory.
Earlier, KRL rattled up 258 for nine with skipper Ali Naqvi making 54 off 63 balls and Saeed bin Nasir 46 off 61 balls.
Scoreboard
KRL:
Saeed Anwar Jr lbw b Imran 38
Mohammad Saleem c Ayub b Imran
38
Saeed bin Nasir c Saleem b Zohaib 46
Ali Naqvi c Zohaib b Irshad 54
Shoaib Akhtar c Sohail b Zohaib 8
Shahbaz Butt c Sohail b Saleem 6
Intikhab Alam c Shakeel b Zohaib 0
Ashraf Ali lbw b Saleem 19
Azhar Ali not out 13
Faisal Afridi c Sufyan b Zohaib 1
Jaffar Nazir not out 12
EXTRAS (LB-8, W-7, NB-8) 23
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 258
FALL OF WKTS: 1-85, 2-93, 3-185, 4-204, 5-206, 6-206, 7-216, 8-237, 9-240.
DID NOT BAT: (Saeed Ajmal).
BOWLING: Mohammad Irshad 8-1-51-1 (5nb, 4w); Tauqir Hussain 7-0-30-0 (1nb, 2w); Umar Javed 10-0-40-0 (1nb, 1w); Imran Khalid 10-1-51-2; Zohaib Khan 10-0-49-4 (1nb0; Saleem Mughal 5-0-29-2.
SUI GAS:
Yasir Arafat Jr c sub b Shoaib 37
Hafiz Majid b Shoaib 9
Sohail Idrees lbw b Faisal 13
Sufyan Munir c Intikhab b Faisal 6
Saleem Mughal lbw b Saeed Ajmal 17
Ayub Dogar b Shoaib 0
Umar Javed lbw b Saeed Ajmal 4
Tauqir Hussain c Shahbaz b Shoaib 2
Shakeel Ansar c and b Azhar 26
Imran Khalid b Faisal 37
Mohammad Irshad not out 5
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-5, W-11, NB-3) 19
TOTAL (all out, 42.3 overs) 175
FALL OF WKTS: 1-21, 2-42, 3-48, 4-92, 5-95, 6-96, 7-98, 8-108, 9-160.
DID NOT BAT: (Zohaib Khan).
BOWLING: Shoaib Akhtar 7-1-22-4 (1nb, 1w); Jaffar Nazir 7-1-35-0 (2nb, 8w); Faisal Afridi 7.3-0-39-3 (1w); Saeed Ajmal 10-1-29-2 (1w); Ali Naqvi 3-0-12-0; Azhar Ali 8-0-33-1.
UMPIRES: M. Nazir and Iqbal Butt.
MATCH REFEREE: Abdul Sami Khan.