Pakistan stormed into the final of Asia U-15 cricket cup with a 27 runs victory over Nepal on Friday in the semifinal played in Dubai, according to a message received here

Sports Reporter21-Dec-2002Pakistan stormed into the final of Asia U-15 cricket cup with a 27 runs victory over Nepal on Friday in the semifinal played in Dubai, according to a message received here.Nepal bowlers did well to skittle Pakistan out for a modest 117 in 36.3 overs but found the target too steep and were bowled out for 90in 37.1 overs.For Pakistan Adnan Raza Ali (25) and Man-of-the-Match Sardar Nawaz (25) batted well. Raj Shreshtha emerged as the most successful bowler for Nepal taking four wickets for 15 runs from his quota of eight overs.When Nepal batted they too found run making a difficult proposition. Only two of their batsmen Shreshtha and Irfan Siddiqui could reach doubles. Suleman Ali was pick of Pakistani attack claiming three wickets for 13 runs from 6.2 overs.ScoreboardPakistanFayyaz Ahmed c Sharad b Khadke 0Suleman Ali lbw b D.Shrestha 4Fazal Mohd c Ravi b D.Shrestha 11Adnan Raza c Sunil b R.Shrestha 25Salman Akbar b R. Shreshtha 13Raza Dar c Mahesh b R.Shreshtha 11Sardar Nawaz run out 25Owais Ahmed c Bantu b Irfan 1Mansoor Ahmed c Ravi b R.Shreshtha 0Nasir Ahmed c Mahesh b Bantu 12M.Jamshaid not out 4Extras (nb 2, wb 7,byes 2) 11TOTAL (all out in 36.3 overs) 117Fall of wkt: 1-7, 2-11, 3-25, 4-59, 5-64, 6-96, 7-101, 8-101,9-105, 10-117Bowling: Paras Khadke 8-1-20-1; Deepak Shrestha 6-1-22-2;Bantu Bataju 7.3-1-26-1; Susan Man Shrestha 1-0-10-0;Raj Shreshtha 8-0-15-4; Irfan Siddiqui 6-2-22-1NepalS.K.Jain lbw b Nasir 0Pawan Das run out 4S.Vesawkar c Owais b Nasir 3P.Khadka c Owais b Sardar Nawaz 8Mahesh Chhotri b Jamshaid 1R. Thapa lbw Sardar Nawaz 1Raj Shreshtha st Owais b Raza Dar 15Irfan Siddiqui st Owais b Suleman 22Bantu Bataju c Fayyaz b Suleman 3S.Shrestha b Suleman 8D.Shrestha not out 2Extras (nb 3, Wb9, lb 11) 23Total (all out in 37.1 overs) 90Fall of wkt: 1-1, 2-11, 3-13, 4-23, 5-25, 6-28, 7-67, 8-71, 9-76, 10-90Bowling: Nasir Ahmed 5-1-13-2; Sardar Nawaz 8-2-15-2;Mohammad Jamshaid 6-1-11-1; Mansoor Amjad 5-3-8-0;Raza Ali Dar 7-0-19-1; Suleman Ali 6.1-0- 13-3.