Fine bowling by paceman Fazle Akbar (4-17) and an unbeaten46 by Shoaib Malik powered Pakistan ‘A’ to a convincing sixwicket win over Pakistan Seniors in the firstpractice matchat Gaddafi Stadium Tuesday
27-Dec-2001Fine bowling by paceman Fazle Akbar (4-17) and an unbeaten46 by Shoaib Malik powered Pakistan ‘A’ to a convincing sixwicket win over Pakistan Seniors in the firstpractice matchat Gaddafi Stadium Tuesday.The encounter was the part of the two-match practiceseriesbetween two teams aimed at to provide the Senior outfitpractice before touring Bangladesh from Jan 2.Fazle Akbar who was not included in the Bangladesh-boundteamdespiteperforming outstandingly in the domesticcompetition, sent down nine overs, three of them weremaiden, toclaim four wickets as Pakistan Seniors were shotout for a paltry 127 in36.5 overs. Promising pace bowlersAbdur Rauf and Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan also bowled well takingtwo wickets eachfor 34 and 38 runs.Inzamam-ul-Haq, who led the Pakistan Seniors,won the tossand elected to bat first but his decision backfired as FazleAkbar removed Shadab Kabir, Naved Latif, Abdur Razzaq andRashid Latif.Pakistan ‘A’, thanks to a breezy unbeaten 46 by ShoaibMalik, reached the target in 30.5 overs.The second match will be played at Murdike Thursday.






