12 January 2004	Monday	19 Ziqa'ad 1424

RAWALPINDI, Jan 11: National Bank battered lowly Karachi Port Trust (KPT) by a massive margin of 295 runs on Sunday in their Patron's Cup game at the Rawalpindi Stadium, with paceman Zahid Saeed excelling with six wickets for 23 runs.

In a woefully one-sided Pool 'B' encounter, National Bank, with Kamran Akmal cracking a sparkling 132, amassed 345 for the loss of eight wickets after being put in to bat.

KPT in reply had no answer to the pace of Zahid who bowled to an accurate line and length as did Asad Zarar who picked up three for 25 as their rivals were firmly nailed for just 50 runs in 16.1 overs.

Earlier, Kamran smashed the KPT attack almost at will and struck 18 hits to the ropes in a 124-ball innings. Others doing well with the bat were Sajid Ali who was run out for 43 and Mohammad Javed (48). Adeel Malik was the top wicket-taker with four for 79.

Scoreboard

NATIONAL BANK:

Imran Nazir b Adeel 8

Salman Butt c Farhan b Adeel 22

Kamran Akmal c sub b Rashid 132

Naumanullah b Maisam 12

Qaiser Abbas st Farhan b Maisam 13

Sajid Ali run out 43

Mohammad Javed c Haris b Adeel 48

Imran Javed c Fahad b Adeel 31

Asad Zarar not out 0

Zahid Saeed not out 4

EXTRAS (LB-9, W-18, NB-5) 32

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 345

FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-68, 3-123, 4-154, 5-243, 6-267, 7-341, 8-341.

DID NOT BAT: Naeem Tayyab.

BOWLING: Adeel Malik 10-0-79-4 (7w); Faisal Mirza 6-0-48-0 (4nb, 6w); Maisam Hasnain 10-1-51-2 (1w); Rashid Hanif 9-0-54-1 (2w); Mohammad Ali Zafar 3-0-26-0; Iqbal Sheikh 4-0-25-0 (1w); Haris Ayaz 8-0-53-0 (1w).

KARACHI PORT TRUST:

Maisam Hasnain retired 1

Shadab Kabir c Imran b Zahid 0

Atif Ali Zaidi c and b Asad 1

Fahadullah c Imran b Asad 9

Iqbal Sheikh c sub b Zahid 2

Rashid Hanif c Kamran b Zahid 0

Farhan Iqbal c Kamran b Zahid 3

Faisal Mirza not out 9

Haris Ayaz b Zahid 1

Mohammad Ali Zafar c Kamran b Asad 5

Adeel Malik c Kamran b Zahid 1

EXTRAS (LB-2, W-12, NB-4) 18

TOTAL (all out, 16.1 overs) 50

FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-15, 3-19, 4-20, 5-26, 6-31, 7-37, 8-42, 9-50.

BOWLING: Zahid Saeed 8.1-0-23-6 (4nb, 8w); Asad Zarar 8-0-25-3 (4w).

RESULT: National Bank won by 295 runs.