Rawalpindi score first win

Published January 16, 2007

RAWALPINDI, Jan 15: Rawalpindi scored their first win in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League when they defeated Karachi Harbour by 50 runs at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Monday.

Requiring 259 to win, Karachi Harbour were bowled out for 208 in their second innings on the last day of the match after resuming on overnight 149-6.

Medium-pacer Yasir Arafat captured five for 67 and received good support from Sohail Tanvir (3-43) and Najaf Shah (2-49).

Tail-ender Rizwan Saeed made 41 off 45 balls with five fours and one six.

Rawalpindi, who lost to Peshawar last week, collected nine points.

Scoreboard

RAWALPINDI (1st Innings) 175 (Sohail Tanvir 56; Anwar Ali Khan 6-54).

KARACHI HARBOUR (1st Innings) 149.

RAWALPINDI (2nd Innings) 232 (Sohail Tanvir 52 not out, Babar Naeem 50; Anwar Ali Khan 6-84).

KARACHI HARBOUR (2nd Innings, overnight 149-6):

Khalid Latif c Sajid b Najaf 65

Shadab Kabir lbw b Yasir 0

Sarfraz Ahmed lbw b Yasir 6

Akbar Rehman lbw b Sohail 23

Fawwad Alam c Sajid b Najaf 19

Naumanullah b Yasir 8

Fahad Iqbal c and b Yasir 4

Mansoor Ahmed b Yasir 4

Rizwan Saeed c sub b Sohail 41

Anwar Ali Khan b Sohail 9

Uzair-ul-Haq not out 6

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-5, NB-9) 18

TOTAL (all out, 55.3 overs) 208

FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-23, 3-99, 4-129, 5-142, 6-142, 7-149, 8-166, 9-199.

BOWLING: Yasir Arafat 17-3-67-5 (2nb); Najaf Shah 17-4-49-2 (1nb); Sohail Tanvir 12.3-1-43-3 (4nb); Rizwan Akbar 9-1-40-0.—

RESULT: Rawalpindi won by 50 runs.

UMPIRES: Iftikhar Malik and Nadeem Ghauri.

MATCH REFEREE: Rizwan Khateeb.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Shakeel Ahmed.—Agencies

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