Khalid keeps bankers’ hopes alive for a semifinal spot
By Our Sports Reporter
KARACHI, April 8: Former Pakistan Under-19 skipper Khalid Latif scored a match-winning century on Friday to keep Allied Bank still in reckoning for a semifinal spot from Pool ‘A’ of the Patron’s Cup.
Khalid scored 124 to set up a four-wicket victory over PTCL in a high-scoring match at the National Stadium. The right-hander’s 144-ball knock was laced with 13 fours and three sixes.
Allied Bank, in fact, overcame a shaky start as they reduced to 48 for three in the 10th over after being a daunting target of 295. But Khalid and Manzoor Akhtar, who played in several ODIs in the late 1990s, came together in a vital fourth-wicket stand of 131 inside 20 overs to revive victory hopes.
Manzoor struck nine boundaries in making 64 off 48 balls before falling to PTCL skipper Mohammad Hussain. Skipper Ijaz Ahmed Jr made a 41-ball 33 in another useful stand of 71 with Khalid.
The bankers were ultimately home in the 48th over.
Earlier, Shahzad Malik (71 off 76 balls, six fours), Mohammad Fayyaz (63 off 71 balls, five fours and three sixes) and Hussain (49 not out off 46 balls) were mainly responsible for taking PTCL to 294 for six after Allied Bank asked them to bat first.
There is a four-way fight for the remaining semifinal place from this pool as PTCL, Allied Bank, ZTBL and Wapda have eight points apiece as they head into Sunday’s last-round fixtures.
Scoreboard
PTCL:
Babar Naeem c Aaley b Bilal 33 Irfan Haider b Tanvir 19 Shahzad Malik st Salman b Taimur 71 Mohammad Fayyaz c Ata b Zahid 63 Mohammad Hussain not out 49 Naved Latif c Ata b Tanvir 19 Shiraz Khalid b Manzoor 10 Waqar Ahmed not out
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EXTRAS (LB-8, W-7, NB-7) 22 TOTAL (for six wkts, 50 overs) 294 FALL OF WKTS: 1-50, 2-74, 3-194, 4-199, 5-251, 6-278. DID NOT BAT:
Jawwad Hameed, Adnan Naveed, Yasin Bari, (Tabish Nawab). BOWLING: Tanvir Ahmed 10-1-53-2 (6nb, 2w); Taimur Khan 10-0-61-1 (1w); Bilal Asad 9-1-50-1 (1w); Manzoor Akhtar 7-0-49-1; Ijaz Ahmed Jr 3-0-24-0 (1w); Mohammad Zahid 10-0-38-1 (2w); Usman Tariq 1-0-11-0.
ALLIED BANK:
Tahir Mughal c Shahzad b Waqar 2 Usman Tariq run out
0 Khalid Latif c Shahzad b Hussain 124 Bilal Asad c Yasin b Hussain 22 Manzoor Akhtar lbw b Hussain 64 Ijaz Ahmed Jr c and b Shiraz 33 Aaley Haider not out 27 Mohammad Salman not out
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EXTRAS (LB-1, W-4, NB-13) 18 TOTAL (for six wkts, 47.5 overs) 296 FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-5, 3-48, 4-179, 5-252, 6-272. DID NOT BAT: Ataur Rahman, Taimur Khan, Tanvir Ahmed, (Mohammad Zahid). BOWLING: Yasin Bari 4-1-22-0; Waqar Ahmed 4-0-36-1 (10nb); Mohammad Hussain 10-0-59-3; Jawwad Hameed 10-0-46-0 (1nb, 1w); Babar Naeem 4-0-23-0; Shiraz Khalid 5-0-30-1 (2nb, 1w); Mohammad Fayyaz 7.5-0-60-0 (1w); Tabish Nawab 3-0-19-0 (1w).
UMPIRES: Afzaal Ahmed and Riazuddin. MATCH REFEREE: Anwar Khan.
