LAHORE, Oct 18: Lahore Blues moved into the final of the National One-day Junior (Under-19) Grade-I Cricket Tournament with an easy six-wicket victory over Fata at Gaddafi Stadium Friday.
Lahore Blues’ second win in the triangular series was set up by pacer Wahab Riaz’s four wickets and an unbeaten 54 from Asim Ijaz.
Set a modest target of 152, Lahore Blues occupied the crease for 46.5 overs with Asim striking four boundaries in his 120-ball innings.
Earlier, Fata, who lost the toss, were bowled out for 151 in 40.3 overs.
Left-arm pacer Wahab, who gave away 31 runs for his four wickets was ably supported by leg-spinner Raheel Abbas.
Raheel was economical as he conceded just 16 runs while snapping up three wickets.
Mumtaz Afridi, who was left high and dry on an undefeated 36 and opener Johar Hussain (29) were the only Fata batsmen to make significant contributions.
FATA:
Johar Hussain c Asim b Raheel 29
Altaf Ali c Azhar b Raheel 18
Hussain Akbar c sub (Adnan) b Wahab 5
Samar Gul b Raheel 2
Mumtaz Afridi not out 36
Naveed Ahmed c Mohsin b Wahab 1
Yasir Shah c Mohsin b Wahab 0
Irfan Akbar c Mohsin b Wahab 3
Hilal Afridi run out 9
Asif Khan b Anwar 7
Seemab Hussain st Mohsin b Azhar 2
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-7, W-29, NB-2) 39
TOTAL (all out, 40.3 overs) 151
FALL OF WKTS: 1-49, 2-69, 3-73, 4-75, 5-87, 6-87, 7-98, 8-121, 9-140.
BOWLING: Khurram Irshad 5-0-40-0; Asim Ijaz 7-1-25-0; Raheel Abbas 10-3-16-3; Wahab Riaz 8-0-31-4; Azhar Ali 5.3-1-20-1; Anwar Hafeez 5-1-11-1.
LAHORE BLUES:
Adnan Butt c irfan b Mumtaz 12
Fahad-ul-Haq c Hilal b Irfan 19
Asim Ijaz not out 54
Shahnawaz Malik c Irfan b Mumtaz 14
Azhar Ali c Johar b Seemab 24
Mohsin Abbas not out 13
EXTRAS (B-4, W-12, NB-1) 17
TOTAL (for four wkts, 46.5 overs) 153
FALL OF WKTS: 1-30, 2-42, 3-68, 4-126.
DID NOT BAT: Atif Ijaz, Khurram Irshad, Wahab Riaz, Anwar Hafeez, Raheel Abbas.
BOWLING: Hussain Akbar 8-0-26-0; Seemab Hussain 5-0-25-1; Irfan Akbar 1-0-4-1; Yasir Shah 8-0-29-0; Mumtaz Afridi 10-3-19-2; Samar Gul 7-2-17-0; Hilal Afridi 5.5-1-25-0; Asif Khan Afridi 2-1-4-0.
RESULTS: Lahore Blues won by six wickets.
UMPIRES: Z.I. Pasha and Afzaal Ahmed.
MATCH REFEREE: Shafiq Ahmed.
SATURDAY’S FIXTURE: Karachi Whites v Fata.