KARACHI, April 6: Sajid Ali, the 41-year-old former Pakistan opener, hammered a century to propel National Bank to a five-wicket victory over DHA in the Patron’s Cup Pool ‘B’ match at the Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot on Wednesday.
Sajid scored 111 off 144 balls with 11 fours and one six as the bankers reached their target of 270 in the 49th over.
Earlier, Faisal Khan top-scored for DHA with 92 off 94 balls with 12 boundaries.
Scoreboard
DHA:
Agha Sabir c Rashid b Shabbir 0 Asif Zakir c and b Zahid 4 Mohtashim Ali c Qaiser b Zahid 15 Faisal Khan c and b Rahman 92 Wajid Ali b M. Javed 31 Wasim Naeem b Irfan 50 Iqbal Imam b Zahid
23 Rizwan Qureshi c Zahid b Shabbir 19 Azam Hussain c Irfan b Zahid 20 Atif Maqbool not out 2 Shakeelur Rahman c Sajid b Zahid 0
EXTRAS (LB-5, W-2, NB-4) 11 TOTAL (all out, 49.3 overs) 267 FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-9, 3-38, 4-121, 5-180, 6-202, 7-233, 8-262, 9-266. DID NOT BAT: (Nasir Khan). BOWLING: Shabbir Ahmed 10-3-40-2 (3nb); Zahid Saeed 8.3-1-45-5 (1w); Mohammad Javed 9-0-51-1 (1w); Imran Javed 3-0-19-0; Irfanuddin 10-0-53-1 (1nb); Qaiser Abbas 4-0-22-0; Rahman Qadir 5-0-34-1.
NATIONAL BANK:
Rashid Riaz c Faisal b Nasir 1 Sajid Ali b Azam 111 Nasir Jamshed c Wajid b Atif 65 Naumanullah c and b Atif 32 Akhtar Sarfraz lbw b Rizwan 10
Qaiser Abbas not out 19 Mohammad Javed not out 9
EXTRAS (B-6, LB-4, W-8, NB-5) 23 TOTAL (for five wkts, 48.4 overs) 270 FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-116, 3-200, 4-215, 5-256. DID NOT BAT: Imran Javed, Zahid Saeed, Shabbir Ahmed, Irfanuddin, (Rahman Qadir). BOWLING: Shakeelur Rahman 6-0-38-0; Nasir Khan 7-0-38-1 (5nb); Azam Hussain 0.4-0-64-1 (1w); Atif Maqbool 10-0-43-2 (5w); Iqbal Imam 7-0-44-0 (1w); Rizwan Qureshi 9-0-33-1 (1w).
UMPIRES: Siddique Khan and Ijaz Ahmed. MATCH REFEREE: Saadat Ali.
