December 22, 2003	Monday	Shawwal 27, 1424

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KARACHI, Dec 21: A splendid century by PTCL’s Ashar Zaidi failed to thwart Bangladesh ‘A’ from scoring an 18-run win in the Patron’s Cup Pool ‘A’ match at National Stadium on Sunday.

Ashar, who faced 133 deliveries and hit nine fours and two sixes, was last out for 109 as his team made 200 in 48.4 overs after set a target of 219.

In fact, PTCL were 147 for nine in the 40th over. But Ashar found a reliable partner in Yasin Bari, who helped him add 53 for the final wicket.

Test duo of Hannan Sarkar (81 off 96 balls, eight fours and one six) and Mohammad Ashraful (51 off 72 balls, two fours) were the main run-getters for Bangladesh as they mustered 218 all out in 48.1 overs.

Scoreboard

BANGLADESH ‘A’:

Hannan Sarkar b Fayyaz 81

Shahriar Hossain b Yasin 10

Mohammad Ashraful run out 51

Rajin Saleh lbw b Jawwad 17

Ehsanul Hoque c Zulqarnain b Shiraz 26

Mazharul Hoque lbw b Shiraz 2

Mohammad Selim lbw b Shiraz 0

Jamaluddin Babu run out 6

Manjural Islam Rana run out 6

Alamgir Kabir b Nauman 0

Tarek Aziz not out 0

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-7, W-7, NB-4) 19

TOTAL (all out, 48.1 overs) 218

FALL OF WKTS: 1-36, 2-132, 3-166, 4-179, 5-186, 6-186, 7-200, 8-217, 9-218.

BOWLING: Nauman Habib 7-1-27-1 (2nb, 2w); Yasin Bari 10-2-41-1 (2nb, 1w); Babar Naeem 9-0-43-0; Tabish Nawab 8-0-39-0 (3w); Jawwad Hameed 8-0-35-1 (1w); Mohammad Fayyaz 2-0-13-1; Shiraz Khalid 4.1-0-12-3.

PTCL:

Irfan Haider lbw b Alamgir 0

Babar Naeem b Jamal 23

Ashar Zaidi b Mazharul 109

Mohammad Fayyaz b Tarek 0

Shiraz Khalid c Mazharul b Manjural 13

Shahzad Malik lbw b Mazharul 0

Zulqarnain Haider c Jamal b Rajin 15

Tabish Nawab lbw b Rajin 0

Jawwad Hameed b Jamal 3

Nauman Habib c Ehsanul b Jamal 6

Yasin Bari not out 12

EXTRAS (LB-5, W-10, NB-4) 19

TOTAL (all out, 48.4 overs) 200

FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-50, 3-53, 4-93, 5-93, 6-128, 7-128, 8-135, 9-147.

BOWLING: Alamgir Kabir 7-1-41-1 (1w); Tarek Aziz 9-2-36-1 (4nb, 2w); Jamaluddin Babu 10-1-24-3; Ehsanul Hoque 1-0-15-0 (7w); Manjural Islam Rana 10-0-29-2; Rajin Saleh 10-0-40-2; Mazharul Hoque 1.4-0-10-1.

RESULT: Bangladesh ‘A’ won by 18 runs.