KARACHI, April 4: A fine teamwork inspired KRL to a four-wicket victory over defending Patron’s Cup champions Habib Bank in the Pool ‘B’ fixture at the KRL Stadium in Rawalpindi on Monday. Wicket-keeper Shahbaz Butt led the way with 81 off 68 balls while dominating a match-winning partnership of 90 with Intikhab Alam (42 off 45 balls) after KRL had lost six wickets for 214 in pursuit of a target of 300. But Shahbaz, who hit eight fours and two sixes, denied the bankers their second win in two days.

Scoreboard

HABIB BANK:

Imran Farhat c Intikhab b S. Ajmal               49
Taufiq Umar b Faisal                                    23
Riffatullah c Intikhab b S. Ajmal                    34
Farhan Adil c S. bin Nasir b S. Anwar          55
Aftab Khan c Asif b Ali Naqvi                      45
Khaqan Arsal not out                                   42
Salman Qadir run out                                   21
Abdul Rahman c Saleem b S. Ajmal               1
Irfan Fazil lbw b Jaffar                                    0
Sajid Shah c Faisal b Jaffar                             0
Farhan Iqbal not out                                       2

EXTRAS (LB-3, W-24)                               27
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs)                299
FALL OF WKTS: (1-68, 2-115, 3-133, 4-222, 5-234, 6-292, 7-295, 8-295, 9-295 )

DID NOT BAT: (Fahad Masood).
BOWLING: Jaffar Nazir 6-0-38-2 (4w); Faisal Afridi 10-0-58-1 (7w); Saad Janjua 4-0-32-0 (9w);
Ali Naqvi 10-0-66-1 (1w); Saeed Ajmal 10-0-53-3 (2w); Saeed Anwar Jr 10-0-49-1 (1w).

KRL:

Mohammad Saleem b Fahad                           1
Saeed Anwar Jr c Riffat b Irfan                     46
Saad Janjua run out                                        1
Saeed bin Nasir c Farhan Adil b Fahad         54
Ali Naqvi c Fahad b Aftab                            61
Ashraf Ali lbw b Salman                                 4
Shahbaz Butt not out                                    81
Intikhab Alam not out                                   42

EXTRAS (W-9, NB-11)                             20
TOTAL (for six wkts, 48.1 overs)              304
FALL OF WKTS:                 (1-5, 2-9, 3-72, 4-138, 5-150, 6-214 )

DID NOT BAT: Jaffar Nazir, Faisal Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, (Asif Iqbal).
BOWLING: Sajid Shah 8-1-40-0 (1nb); Fahad Masood 10-1-67-2 (5nb, 6w); Irfan Fazil 3-0-41-1 (5nb, 1w);
Abdul Rahman 8-0-42-0 (1w); Salman Qadir 5-0-25-1; Imran Farhat 9-0-53-0 (1w); Aftab Khan 5-0-30-1;
Taufiq Umar 0.1-0-6-0.

UMPIRES: M. Nazir Jr and Z.I. Pasha.
MATCH REFEREE: Khateeb Rizwan.