Hyderabad shock Karachi Whites
KARACHI, Oct 25: Hyderabad pulled a stunning 64-run victory over Karachi Whites in the PCB Inter-region Level-II One-day cricket tournament at the PCB Regional Academy ground on Monday.
Karachi Whites were all out for 183 in the 37th over after Hyderabad had set them a target of 248.
Earlier, an opening stand of 111 between Mohammad Saleem (68 off 63 balls, 10 fours and two sixes) and Iqbal Shaikh (64 off 102 balls, seven fours) gave Hyderabad a flying start. The visitors reached 247 for seven in their 45 overs.
Summarised scores:
Hyderabad beat Karachi Whites by 64 runs. HYDERABAD 247-7 in 45 overs (Mohammad Saleem 68, Iqbal Shaikh 64, Abid Ali 22 not out, Abdul Rahim 21, Asif Masood 20; Mohammad Masroor 3-46, Fahim Ahmed 2-39); KARACHI WHITES 183 in 36.4 overs (Mohammad Masroor 35, Fahim Ahmed 22, Atif Maqbool 21; Athar Mahmood 3-29, Kashif Ali 3-43).
Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore: Sialkot scored a three-wicket win over Peshawar at the Jinnah Stadium in Gujranwala.
A four-wicket haul by spinner Adnan Kaleem and an undefeated 61 by Chaudhry Sajjad steered Karachi Blues to a seven-wicket victory against Faisalabad at the Sports Stadium in Sargodha.
An unbeaten 55 off 66 balls by Rehan Rafiq enabled Multan to defeat Quetta by six wickets at the Bahawalpur Stadium.
Summarised scores:
At Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala: Sialkot beat Peshawar by three wickets. PESHAWAR 169 in 43.4 overs; SIALKOT 172-7 in 40.1 overs.
At Sports Stadium, Sargodha: Karachi Blues beat Faisalabad by seven wickets. FAISALABAD 173 in 37.4 overs (Ali Sawal 64; Adnan Kaleem 4-26); KARACHI BLUES 176-3 in 40.2 overs (Chaudhary Sajjad 61 not out).
At Bahawalpur Stadium: Multan beat Quetta by six wickets. QUETTA 197-9 in 45 overs (Shoaib Khan 40); MULTAN 198-4 in 40.2 overs (Rehan Rafiq 55 not out, Shahzad Bashir 42).