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| November 6, 2003 | Thursday | Ramazan 10, 1424 |
Devastating spell by paceman Imran Sabir
LAHORE, Nov 5: Devastating bowling by paceman Imran Sabir, who captured seven wickets for 72 and scintillating century by opener Imran Abbas (176) powered Zarai Tarqatiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) to overwhelm Pakistan Air Force (PAF) by an innings and 89 runs and earn second win in the Patron’s Trophy qualifying round match on Wednesday.
Imran Abbas faced 205 balls and struck 18 fours as ZTBL, who resumed their first innings at 242 for four, declared at 347 for seven in 70 overs for an overall lead of 275 on first innings in reply to PAF’s 72 in the first innings.
When PAF batted second time Imran Sabir was virtually unplayable and the airmen were skittled out for 207 in their second innings.
Tailenders Naseer-ud-Din (85, 112 balls, 13 fours) and Shakeel Sharif (40, 66 balls) saved PAF from being bowled out for much less total.
Karachi Port Trust (KPT) lost the initiative of first innings lead of 78 runs against Higher Education Commission (HEC) losing four second innings wickets 16.
KPT bundled out HEC for 185 in the first innings, after they resumed at one for no loss. HEC’s pacemen Salman Rahat and Zaheer Abbas shared the wickets in KPT’s second innings.
Tailender Shoaib Maqsood made a defiant 101-ball 79 and Atif Ijaz 49 not out gave HEC total some respectability.
Propelled by two centuries Ali Hussain (103 not out) and Sufyan Munir (100 not out), Sui Gas registered their third win of the competition, beating Pakistan Education Board (PEB) by an innings and 11 runs. Sufyan hit 12 boundaries and three sixes while Ali hammered 12 fours.. PEB, in the second innings were dismissed for 180 in 50.5 overs with Shahid Pervaiz (50) being the main scorer.
For Sui Gas, Sajid Ali (4-35) and Imran Tahir (3-31), and Waseem Khan (3-69) were the main wicket takers.
Kabir Khan and Abdul Rehman took four wickets as Habib Bank Limited forced SAGA to follow-on.
Defending a formidable first innings total of 432, HBL’s pacer got SAGA out for 233 in 58.3 overs with Shaiman Anwar (72) and Ashraf Ali (50 not out) were two major scorers.
The match between Service and National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) was heading towards a draw.
The bankers, however, earned the first innings lead of 25 by scoring 255 against Service’s 230.
Kamran Akmal (87, 109 balls) and Hanif-ur-Rehman (61, 128 balls) did the bulk of scoring.
Service in their second innings were 21 for one.
Allied Bank Limited (ABL) were in sight of victory against Leo International.
Manzoor Akhtar (94, 79 balls), Usman Tariq (61, 88 balls) and Wajahatullah Wasti (65, 69 balls) helped ABL to seize a first innings lead of 167 having amassed 339
in reply to Leo’s first innings total of 172.
By the close of play, Leo were 97 for six wickets—still 70 runs behind to avert an innings defeat.
Summarised scores.
PAF v ZTBL at Bagh-i-Jinnah, Lahore.
ZTBL won by an innings 68 runs.
PAF: 72 and 207 overs (Naseer-ud-Din 85, Shakeel Sharif 40; Imran Sabir 7-72, Muhammad Siddique 2-65).
ZTBL: 347 for seven dec (Atif Ashraf 86, Imran Abbas 176, Faisal Naveed 57; Naseer-ud-Din 3-101, Asif Khan 2-86).
KPT v HEC at LCCA Ground.
KPT: 263 and 16 for four.
HEC: 185 (Shoaib Maqsood 79, Atif Ijaz 49;
Adeel Malik 3-43, Muhammad Fahad Khan 2-41).
LEO v ABL, at Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala.
LEO: 172 and 97 for six (Faisal Ashraf 36; Abdur Rauf 3-45).
ABL: 339 for five dec (Usman Tariq 61, Wajahatullah Wasti 65, Manzoor Akhtar 94; Faisal Ashraf 2-83, Usman Nabi 2-63).
HBL v SAGA at SAGA Ground, Sialkot.
HBL: 432 for five dec
SAGA: 233 and 52 for one after follow-on
PEB v Sui Gas at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot
Sui Gas won by an innings and 11 runs.
PEB: 127 and 180 (Shahid Pervez 50, Venood Ramesh 25, Waseem Quttab 22, Nasar Iqbal 21; Sajid Ali 4-35, Imran Tahir 3-31, Waseem Khan 3-69).
SUI GAS: 318 for one (Muhammad Hafeez 92, Ali Hussain 103 not out, Sufyan Munir 100 not out).
NBP v Service Industries at Gymkhana Ground, Okara.
SERVICE: 230 and 21 for one.
NBP: 255 for nine dec (Kamran Akmal 87, Hanif-ur-Rehman 61, Asim Butt 4-82, Jamshed Ahmed 3-58).
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