KARACHI, April 6: Pakistan Customs lost their unbeaten run in the Patron’s Cup Pool ‘B’ after going down to Habib Bank by six wickets at the Sheikhupura Stadium on Wednesday.
Habib Bank, the defending champions, were put on the victory path by skipper Imran Farhat, who blasted 10 boundaries in scoring 53 off just 32 balls. Riffatullah hit 82 off 93 balls with six fours while Farhan Adil hit a 72-ball 52.
Skipper Azhar Shafiq top-scored for Customs with 86 off 96 deliveries with eight hits to the fence.
Scoreboard
PAKISTAN CUSTOMS:
Rashid Ali c Farhan Iqbal b Waqas 13 M. Ali Niazi c Fahad b Sajid 13 Azhar Shafiq b Imran 86 Naseem Khan lbw b Fahad 39 Afsar Nawaz b Fahad 1 Shahid Siddique c Imran b Rahman 7 Fawad Alam run out 4 Kamran Hussain b Imran 30 Hanif Malik c and b Rahman
11 Stephen John not out
17 Murtaza Hussain not out 7
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, W-8, NB-10)
25 TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 248 FALL OF WKTS: 1-32, 2-39, 3-88, 4-93, 5-121, 6-147, 7-201, 8-219, 9-219. DID NOT BAT: (Imran Ali). BOWLING: Sajid Shah 8-0-44-1 (1nb); Waqas Chughtai 4-0-36-1 (5nb); Fahad Masood 7-0-43-2 (5w); Abdul Rahman 10-0-22-2; Salman Qadir 5-0-27-0; Taufiq Umar 7-0-30-0 (1w); Imran Farhat 9-0-39-2 (2w).
HABIB BANK:
Imran Farhat c John b Imran 53 Taufiq Umar b Kamran 8 Riffatullah c Shahid b Fawad 82
Farhan Adil c Afsar b Fawad
52 Aftab Khan not out 18 Khaqan Arsal not out 17
EXTRAS (LB-1, W-15, NB-3)
19 TOTAL (for four wkts, 41.2 overs) 249 FALL OF WKTS: 1-15, 2-88, 3-207, 4-215. DID NOT BAT: Salman Qadir, Abdul Rahman, Farhan Iqbal, Sajid Shah, Fahad Masood, (Waqas Chughtai). BOWLING: Stephen John 6-0-41-0 (2nb); Kamran Hussain 5-0-45-1 (1w); Mohammad Ali Niazi 2-0-16-0 (1nb); Imran Ali 4-0-21-1; Murtaza Hussain 10-0-55-0 (3w); Afsar Nawaz 4-0-29-0 (3nb); Fawad Alam 6.2-1-22-2; Azhar Shafiq 4-0-19-0 (2w).
UMPIRES: Mian Aslam and Rasheed Bhatti. MATCH REFEREE: Khalid Niazi.
