LAHORE, March 20: A fine knock of 68 by opener Musharraf Ali and an all-round performance by Mohammad Hussain guided  Lahore Whites to a 27-run victory over Karachi Blues in the NBP One-day Patron’s Cup Pool ‘D’ fixture at LCCA Ground on Thursday.

Chasing a target of 227, the visitors were all out for  199 in 46.1 overs with Hussain picking up three for 25.

Earlier, Hussain scored a useful 44 with four fours after Musharraf struck six boundaries in his 98-ball 68.

In other matches of this pool, Service Industries  defeated Sheikhupura by a big margin of 127 runs at Sheikhupura Stadium.

Batting first, Service Industries piled up 263 for nine in 50 overs thanks to Farhan Asghar, who scored 59.

In  reply,  Sheikhupura  were bundled out for  136. Leg-spinner Fayyaz Ahmad captured four for 21.

Allied Bank registered an emphatic 137-run victory against Pak PWD at Gymkhana Ground in Okara.

Propelled by half-centuries from Humayun Farhat (74) and Usman Tariq (50), the bankers scored a formidable total of 319 for  nine in  50 overs.

Leg-spinner Riaz Sheikh finished with six for 48.

In reply, PWD were bowled out for 188 in 47.1 overs with Ahmer Saeed playing a good knock of 51.

Scoreboard

LAHORE WHITES:

Musharraf Ali c Tariq b R. Qureshi 68

Muntazar Mehdi c Nasir b R. Saeed 15

Adnan Usman b R. Saeed 6

Imran Nazir Jr c and b R. Qureshi 12

M. Hussain st Farhan b R. Qureshi 44

Rehman Mehdi c Wajid b R. Qureshi 2

Nadeem Rasheed c Irfan b R. Qureshi 6

Salman Qadir c Farhan b Irfan 8

Adnan Akmal not out 29

Wahab Riaz c Nasir b R. Saeed 14

Sajid Ali not out 2

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-2, W-13, NB-4) 20

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 30 overs) 226

FALL OF WKTS: 1-43, 2-65, 3-104, 4-128, 5-138, 6-167, 7-178, 8-178, 9-210.

BOWLING: Nasir Khan 6-0-30-0; Adeel Malik 6-1-29-0; Rizwan Saeed 9-1-36-3; Rizwan Qureshi 10-0-39-5; Irfanuddin 10-0-41-1; Mansoor Baig 9-0-48-0.

KARACHI BLUES:

Mubashir Ahmed lbw b Wahab 10

Mohammad Zafar b Wahab 0

Tariq Haroon lbw b Hussain 26

Rizwan Qureshi c Adnan b Salman 45

Wajid Ali c Imran b Salman 33

Mansoor Baig c and b Hussain 26

Rizwan Saeed st Adnan b Hussain 36

Farhan Iqbal not out 4

Irfanuddin c Adnan b Sajid 0

Adeel Malik run out 0

Nasir Khan run out 0

EXTRAS (LB-7, W-11, NB-1) 19

TOTAL (all out, 46.1 overs) 199

FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-29, 3-51, 4-122, 5-129, 6-181, 7-195, 8-199, 9-199.

BOWLING: Sajid Ali 10-0-54-1; Wahab Riaz 8.1-0-26-2; Adnan Usman Khan 5-0-24-0; Mohammad Hussain 9-2-25-3; Salman Qadir 10-1-36-2; Rehman Mehdi 4-0-27-0.

RESULT: Lahore Whites won by 20 runs.

Results of other Pool ‘D’:

*At Sheikhupura Stadium, Sheikhupura:

Service Industries beat Sheikhupura by 127 runs.

SERVICE INDUSTRIES 263-9 in 50 overs (Farhan  Asghar 59, Rehan Rafique 36, Nafees Ahmed 32 not out, Sufian Munir 31, Masood Asim 30; Saleem Mughal 2-35, Zakaullah 2-42);

SHEIKHUPURA 136 in 38.4 overs (Saleem Mughal 70; Fayyaz Ahmed 4-21, Bilal Khilji 2-33, Mohammad Irshad 2-44).

*At Gymkhana Ground, Okara:

Allied Bank beat Pak PWD by 137 runs.

ALLIED BANK 319-9 in 50 overs (Humayun Farhat 74, Usman Tariq 50, Wajahatullah Wasti 48, Naved Latif 47, Aamir Hanif 41; Riaz Sheikh 6-48);

PAK PWD 188 in 47.1 overs (Ahmer Saeed 51, Iqbal Imam 25, Saad Wasim 23; Ijaz Ahmed Junior 3-21, Arshad Khan 3-33, Taimur Khan 2-41).