KARACHI, March 11: Faisalabad Wolves encountered little problems in taming the Multan Tigers by 50 runs in the National One-day Regional Gold League cricket fixture at the UBL Sports Complex on Saturday.

Chasing 266, the Tigers looked like heading for a big defeat at 169 for seven in the 42nd over but Adnan Akmal batted with maturity to score a fighting 62 to take his side to 215 all out.

Adnan, who like his more celebrated brother Kamran, is a wicket-keeper/batsman, adorned his 54-ball innings with six fours and one six before he was last out.

The Tigers struggled once paceman Asad Ali accounted for left-handed openers Usman Tariq and Saeed Anwar.

And when Azhar Shafiq was run out after skipper Aamir Bashir refused to budge from the non-striker’s end, the Tigers’ hopes of upsetting the Wolves just faded away.

Mohammad Ali Niazi was only other batsman to offer resistance. He made 44 off 56 balls before off-spinner Saeed Ajmal trapped him in front.

Earlier, the Wolves reached 265 for seven with skipper Misbahul Haq hitting 65. The Pakistan reject’s 72-ball knock contained three boundaries.

Off-spinner Majid Majeed captured four for 44 in 10 overs, including Misbah who was smartly stumped by Adnan.

Scoreboard

FAISALABAD WOLVES:

Mohammad Hafeez c Adnan b Kamran 36

Imran Ali c Saeed b A. Rauf 27

Asif Hussain c sub b Zulfiqar 40

Misbahul Haq st Adnan b Majid 65

Naved Latif st Adnan b Saeed 16

Khurram Shahzad c Zulfiqar b Majid 33

Imran Khalid lbw b Majid 14

Mohammad Salman c Bilal b Majid 12

Saeed Ajmal not out 14

EXTRAS (LB-6, W-1) 7

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 265

FALL OF WKTS: 1-45, 2-70, 3-133, 4-174, 5-195, 6-231, 7-248, 8-262, 9-265.

DID NOT BAT: Samiullah Niazi.

BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 7-0-49-1; Kamran Hussain 10-1-34-1 (1w); Azhar Shafiq 3-0-20-0; Majid Majeed 10-0-44-4; Zulfiqar Babar 10-0-44-1; Saeed Anwar 10-0-68-1.

MULTAN TIGERS:

Usman Tariq c Naved b Asad 14

Saeed Anwar lbw b Asad 21

Azhar Shafiq run out 3

Aamir Bashir c Salman b Imran 15

Bilal Khilji c Naved b Hafeez 28

M. Ali Niazi lbw b Saeed 44

Kamran Hussain c Asif b Saeed 4

Adnan Akmal c sub b Asad 62

Abdur Rauf c Sami b Saeed 5

Zulfiqar Babar run out 0

Majid Majeed not out 9

EXTRAS (LB-5, W-4, NB-1) 10

TOTAL (all out, 48.1 overs) 215

FALL OF WKTS: 1-32, 2-40, 3-44, 4-77, 5-91, 6-96, 7-169, 8-188, 9-189.

BOWLING: Samiullah Niazi 9-0-35-0 (1w); Asad Ali 9.1-0-35-3 (1nb, 1w); Mohammad Hafeez 10-0-32-1; Imran Khalid 10-2-52-1; Saeed Ajmal 10-0-56-3 (2w).

UMPIRES: Shakeel Khan and Salim Badar.

MATCH REFEREE: Anwer Khan.