RAWALPINDI, Jan 7: Faisalabad Wolves scored a three-wicket victory over Rawalpindi Rams on Friday in a low-scoring Pool A match of the One-Day cup.
Fast bowlers Shahid Nazir and Tauqir Hussain and off spinner Saeed Ajmal shared nine wickets as Wolves sent Rams crashing to 96 all out after winning the toss.
Rawalpindi batsmen could not cope with the rival attack and lost four wickets at the score of 46. Only Bilal Asad and Yasir Arafat could get into double figures. What appeared to be an easy target all of a sudden began to look tall for the Wolves who were quickly cut down to three for 17 by paceman Yasir Arafat.
Only a fourth-wicket stand of 54 runs off 65 balls between Misbahul Haq (35) and Tauqir Hussain (30) saved the day for Wolves.
SCOREBOARD
RAWALPINDI RAMS
Ashar Zaidi lbw b Shahid Nazir 5
Babar Naeem c Naved Latif b Tauqir 6
Bilal Asad c M. Zaman b Shahid Nazir 20
Bazid Khan c M. Zaman b Tauqir 0
Naved Qureshi c M. Zaman b Shahid Nazir 0
Usman Saeed c M. Zaman b Tauqir 4
Yasir Arafat c Ijaz Jnr b Imran 27
Alamgir Khan c M. Zaman b Saeed 8
Sajid Mahmood c Imran b Saeed 1
Najaf Shah c Ijaz Jnr b Saeed 5
Yasin Bari not out 0
Extras (LB-1, W-17, NB-2) 20
Total (all out in 29 overs) 96
Fall OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-46, 3-46, 4-46, 5-46, 6-56, 7-76, 8-89, 9-90
BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 9-1-26-3, Ahmad Hayat 6-0-28-0, Tauqir Hussain 8-2-22-3, Saeed Ajmal 4-1-14-3, Imran Khalid 2-0-5-1.
FAISALABAD WOLVES
Imran Ali b Yasir Arafat 0
Abdul Manan lbw b Yasir Arafat 1
Imran Khalid lbw b Yasir Arafat 0
Misbahul Haq lbw b Almagir Khan 35
Tauqir Hussain c Sajid b Yasin Bari 30
Ijaz Jnr run out 7
Naved Latif not out 12
M. Zaman c Ahar Zaidi b Almagir 0
Ahmad Hayat not out 5
Extras (W-1, NB-6) 7
Total (for seven wkts, 31.1) 97
Fall of wkts: 1-1, 2-1, 3-17, 4-71, 5-79, 6-84, 7-84
BOWLING: Yasir Arafat 9-2-40-3, Najaf Shah 7-1-24-0, Yasin Bari 7-2-17-1, Alamgir Khan 8.1-2-16-2.
Umpires: Mian Aslam and Nazir Junior.
Match referee: Khateeb Rizwan.
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