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LAHORE, April 19: A splendid century by skipper Faisal Iqbal propelled PCB Blues to a 32-run win against PCB Reds in the other trial match at LCCA Ground on Saturday.
Faisal belted 11 fours and three sixes as he blasted 113 off only 96 balls to help PCB Blues reach 265 for six in 50 overs.
Babar Naeem was also in good nick while making a 93-ball 56 while helping Faisal in a second-wicket partnership of 114. Babar’s innings contained three fours.
In reply, PCB Reds failed to capitalise on a splendid opening stand of 90 by Kamran Sajid (65 with eight fours) and Khalid Latif (26) and were restricted to 232 for seven.
PCB BLUES:
Babar Naeem c Kamran b Aamir 56
Imran Farhat c Atiq b Shabbir 4
Faisal Iqbal c Shahid b Irfan 113
Asim Munir st Atiq b Kamran 10
Faisal Naveed c Atiq b Zahid 25
Qaiser Abbas c Atiq b Shabbir 9
Amin-ur-Rehman not out 20
Junaid Zia not out 2
EXTRAS (B-5, LB-5, W-13, NB-2) 25
TOTAL (for six wkts, 50 overs) 264
FALL OF WKTS: 1-24, 2-38, 3-193, 4-201, 5-226, 6-257.
DID NOT BAT: Kamran Younis, Faisal Afridi, Samiullah.
BOWLING: Mohammad Zahid 10-1-43-1; Shabbir Ahmed 10-2-33-2; Mohammad Irshad 6-0-31-0; Kamran Sajid 10-0-49-1; Irfanuddin 10-0-70-1; Aamir Khan 4-0-28-1.
PCB REDS:
Kamran Sajid c and b Kamran 65
Khalid Latif c Faisal b Qaiser 26
Atiq-uz-Zaman c and b Kamran 28
Shahid Yousuf st Amin b Babar 13
Asim Kamal c Imran b Kamran 31
Adnan Raza c Amin b Junaid 19
Aamir Khan not out 19
Irfanuddin lbw b Junaid 0
Mohammad Irshad not out 10
EXTRAS (B-2, LB-3, W-16) 21
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 232
FALL OF WKTS: 1-90, 2-131, 3-138, 4-176, 5-182, 6-208, 7-211.
DID NOT BAT: Shabbir Ahmed, Mohammad Zahid.
BOWLING: Faisal Afridi 10-2-26-0; Samiullah 6-0-26-0; Junaid Zia 9-0-65-2; Qaiser Abbas 6-0-24-1; Kamran Younis 10-0-40-3; Babar Naeem 9-0-46-1.
RESULT: PCB Blues won by 32 runs.
UMPIRES: Mohammad Nazir Jr and Siddique Khan.
