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LAHORE, April 19: PCB Whites clinched a thrilling one-wicket win over PCB Yellow in the trial match at Gaddafi Stadium here on Saturday.
Kashif Siddique, the left-handed opening batsman, played a fine hand by scoring 65 off 74 deliveries with 10 boundaries. PCB Whites eventually reached their target of 233 with one over left.
PCB Yellow’s fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was thoroughly disappointing as he gave away 55 runs in 10 overs for his two wickets. Part-time spinner Adil Nisar captured four for 30.
Kashif shared a second-wicket stand of exactly 100 with Yasir Hameed, who hit 46 off 70 balls with the aid of six fours.
Test wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal also played a pivotal role in his side’s second win by thumping 41 off 42 balls. He slammed four boundaries.
Earlier, PCB Yellow’s skipper Misbah-ul-Haq top-scored for his team with a fluent 70. His 97-ball knock was laced with seven hits to the fence.
Farhan Adil also excelled in making 40 with a solitary boundary.
PCB YELLOW:
Adil Nisar c Kamran b Najaf 20
Naved Qureshi lbw b Jaffar 10
Bilal Asad c Kamran b Saad 25
Misbah-ul-Haq b Hafeez 70
Farhan Adil b Hafeez 40
Naumanullah b Mansoor Amjad 14
Humayun Farhat run out 6
Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan not out 22
Shoaib Akhtar c Saad b Yasir 5
Abdul Rauf run out 6
Aqeel Ahmed not out 1
EXTRAS (LB-3, W-7, NB-3) 13
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 232
FALL OF WKTS: 1-27, 2-35, 3-71, 4-161, 5-188, 6-190, 7-198, 8-208, 9-224.
BOWLING: Jaffar Nazir 10-1-42-1; Najaf Shah 8-1-25-1; Yasir Arafat 7-0-43-1; Saad Janjua 5-0-27-1; Mohammad Hafeez 10-0-43-2; Mansoor Amjad 10-0-49-1.
PCB WHITES:
Kashif Siddique c Aqeel b Naveed 65
Mohammad Hafeez c Humayun b Shoaib 19
Yasir Hameed c Humayun b Shoaib 46
Aamir Sajjad c Misbah b Adil 7
Asif Hussain b Naveed 0
Kamran Akmal b Adil 41
Sufian Munir b Naveed 14
Yasir Arafat b Adil 0
Jaffar Nazir c Aqeel b Adil 8
Saad Janjua not out 14
Mansoor Amjad not out 7
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-7, W-7, NB-2) 17
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 49 overs) 238
FALL OF WKTS: 1-35, 2-35, 3-139, 4-139, 5-166, 6-207, 7-207, 8-109, 9-227.
BOWLING: Shoaib Akhtar 10-1-55-2; Abdul Rauf 5-1-32-0; Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 10-0-51-1; Aqeel Ahmed 10-1-33-0; Naveed Qureshi 5-0-29-2; Adil Nisar 9-1-30-4.
RESULT: PCB Whites won by one wicket.
UMPIRES: Iftikhar Malik and Asad Rauf.
