KARACHI, April 8: Moin Khan, the former Test captain, blasted his second century in the current Patron’s Cup one-day cricket tournament as PIA confirmed their semifinal berth with fourth straight victory on Friday.
Moin, the 33-year-old wicket-keeper/batsman, punished the ZTBL bowlers at will to hammer 101 off only 79 balls as PIA cantered to a crushing 125-run win in the Pool ‘A’ fixture at the Asghar Ali Shah Stadium.
Moin, who made a 73-ball 109 against Allied Bank in the first round tie last Sunday, struck six fours and four sixes while dominating a second-wicket partnership of 180 with Kamran Sajid that helped PIA score 294 in 49.5 overs.
The left-handed Kamran was unlucky to miss scoring his century by eight runs and became one of seven victims for Rehan Rafiq, who bowls occasional left-arm spinners.
Kamran’s 92 off 138 balls contained seven boundaries.
ZTBL never looked like making a decent reply after the first six wickets went down with just 81 runs on the board with paceman bagging three early wickets.
Mahmood Hamid, a batsman who seldom turns his arm over, chipped in with three for 26 with his innocuous off-spinners.
Nadeem Khan, the ex-Test slow left-armer who cuts a bulky figure these days, ended the match in appropriate manner when he had last man Imran Sabir caught by his younger brother Moin. Nadeem finished with three for 14.
With this win, PIA have now collected 16 points as the pool leaders. They meet KPT in the in the final preliminary round match at the UBL Sports Complex.
Scoreboard
PIA:
Kamran Sajid c Mansoor b Rehan 92 Yasir Hameed c Naveed b Siddique 2 Moin Khan c Rehan b Raheel 101 Shoaib Khan c Mansoor b Rehan 16 Asif Mujtaba c Munir b Rehan 7 Mahmood Hamid c Mansoor b
Rehan 11 Ghulam Ali c Zahoor b Rehan
17 Janisar Khan run out
1 Abdul Sattar st Adnan b Rehan 11
Nadeem Khan c Shahid b Rehan 8 Aizaz Cheema not out
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EXTRAS (B-1, LB-1, W-12, NB-3) 17 TOTAL (all out, 49.5 overs) 284 FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-188, 3-219, 4-229, 5-238, 6-251, 7-260, 8-261, 9-283. DID NOT BAT: (Fazle Akbar). BOWLING: Imran Sabir 7-0-35-0 (2nb, 2w); Mohammad Siddique 8-0-39-1 (3w); Mansoor Amjad 7-0-39-0 (1w); Munir Ansari 8-0-49-0 (1w); Raheel Majeed 4-0-33-1 (1nb); Shahid Yousuf 9-0-47-0 (1w); Rehan Rafiq 6.5-0-40-7 (2w).
ZTBL:
Raheel Majeed run out 18 Shahid Yousuf c Ghulam Ali b Fazle 5 Abid Ali c Janisar b Fazle
0 Naveed Qureshi c Sattar b Mahmood 28
Zahoor Elahi c Ghulam Ali b Fazle 8 Rehan Rafiq c Moin b Mahmood 24 Hammad Tariq c Yasir b Mahmood 2 Mansoor Amjad lbw b Nadeem 24 Adnan Akmal not out
21 Munir Ansari c Ghulam Ali b Nadeem 5 Imran Sabir c Moin b Nadeem 13
EXTRAS (B-3, LB-2, W-2, NB-4) 11 TOTAL (all out, 36.4 overs) 159 FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-27, 3-29, 4-42, 5-72, 6-81, 7-112, 8-125, 9-141. DID NOT BAT: (Mohammad Siddique). BOWLING: Janisar Khan 8-0-40-0 (3nb); Fazle Akbar 9-1-23-3 (1nb, 1w); Aizaz Cheema 2-0-8-0; Mahmood Hamid 7-0-26-3 (1w); Asif Mujtaba 5-0-20-0; Nadeem Khan 5.4-1-14-3; Abdul Sattar 4-0-23-0.
UMPIRES: Shakeel Khan and Zamir Haider. MATCH REFEREE: Naeem Ahmed.
