ABN AMRO CUP (Round 4)

Scoreboards:

Karachi Zebras Vs Multan Tigers

Naumanullah 112 off 124
Wasim Naeem 72 off 53
Rauf 3/37 off 7
Irshad 3/56 off 10

Multan Tigers won by just ONE wicket (Irshad was the not out batsman)

Saeed Anwar 64 off 56
Bilal 57 off 45
Faheem 3/47 off 100

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Lahore Eagles Vs Rawalpindi Rams

Mohammad Ibrahim 40 off 52 ( U19 opener)
Jamshed Ahmed 1/20 off 6 (U19 bowler)
Arsalan Mir 3/41 off 10
Jahangir Mirza 2/16 off 4.2

Lahore won by 5 wikcets

Arsalan Mir not out off 45 off 64
Jahangir Mirza 32 not out off 42
Yasir Arafat 3/9 off 8 overs

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Peshawar Panthers Vs Sialkot Stallions

Jannisar Khan 51 off 87
Akhtar Sarfraz 52 off 56
Tahir Mughal 2/37 off 10
Mansoor Ajmad 4/66 off 8.3

Sialkot Stallions won by 5 wickets

Atiq ur Rehman 114 off 136
Shahid Yousaf 49 off 70
Mansoor Amjad 27 not out off 29 balls

Arsalan Mir is another bits and pieces player who can fit into our ODI team in case one of our all rounder is injured.

Here is his profile:
http://www.pcb.com.pk/Pakistan/Play...5646/35646.html

Not a bad limited over record

I have seen him bowl for Lahore last year, he is a good medium pacer, swings the ball well and he can bat quite well too.

Amazing performance by Arafat...

Spoke to Irshad this morning. He was sent in at Number 10 at a time when 30-odd were needed at run-a-ball. He took the team to victory. Earlier he had taken three wickets in his bowling stint.


BTW I've just watched Lee's latest spell against SA. He is consistently bowling in the 140-145 kph bowling range mainly. Now if you consider this guy to be genuine fast, so is Irshad as we have seen he can clock above 90 mph. How further can the Pakster go remains to be seen though, but he surely has the stamina to bowl longish sustained speed spells.

You wont rest till you see Irshad playing for Pakistan will you

Yaar, he is just such a brilliant and modest guy! I wish him all the best.

Anyhow, how dare you lock that Selfish Sachin thread - Monsee et al were taking the Demi-God worshippers to town! Add to that, the coup de grace was when Gasherbum pointed out the contradiction in confused Tupac's approach who was obliviously using S/R to show that Sachin ain't selfish, whilst alarmingly admitting that indeed in the last few years he has considerably slowed down! Dear, oh dear - that's what blind worship can do to you.....he got hoisted with his own petard!


Anyhow, Daoud....Irshad is knocking on the door of international cricket - his break should really come within some months. Nevertheless, he has ideal opportunity to prove himself in England league and mainly in Australia playing their A-team in case he does not get the nod for the England tour with the seniors.

Well, Multan beat Peshawar today by six wickets - the match just finished. Saeed Anwar got 150-odd for the winners.

Irshad got hit a bit and in his words, "kutt pai gayee ajj"....as he mentioned the UBL complex pitch is dead and flat. Nevertheless, if they win the next couple of games against Lahore (tomorrow) and Sialkot, they would qualify for the Final - a big ask especially to move past the Stallions.

Farhad when you next speak to him, could you wish him the best from all of us on PP

Right on! That will be after the match tomorrow.

He's missing the facilities available in Gulberg, Lahore. Here he has the excellent NCA gym and then there's Shapes too. Also no shortage of high-quality parks for jogging routine. But in Karachi, the poor guys have been staying in a three or four-star hotel the middle of the city where you don't haver anything like the facilities of Gulberg in the vicinities. The boys from Lahore are pretty much confined to the hotel when not playing.

I wouldnt suggest they do anything else! Its probably best and safest for them to stay in the hotel than to go into the city!

Raz

You just got to 10,000 posts! I beat you to it by merely a few days.

But you joined almost 2 years before i did

I see. That's like Ponting overtaking Bradman's aggregate but in double the matches.