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| December 27, 2005 | Tuesday | Ziqa’ad 24, 1426 |
Najaf bowls PIA to first victory
KARACHI, Dec 26: Medium-pacer Najaf Shah snapped up four wickets as PIA registered a thumping 105-run victory over KRL in their third round Patron’s Trophy match on Sunday.
The left-armer Najaf finished four for 36 in 12.2 overs as KRL, chasing 310 for victory in 84 overs, were bowled out for 210 in 56.2 overs.
He got good support from pace fellow Fazle Akbar and Umar Gul, who both claimed two wickets each.
Wicket-keeper Zulfiqar Jan made 35 in 94 minutes while Shahzad Butt finished 27 not out.
It was splendid win for the airlines as they have conceded a 120-run first innings lead to KRL after being dismissed for 123.
PIA opened their account in Pool ‘A’ with six points.
Scoreboard
PIA (1st Innings) 123 (Abdul Rauf 5-54).
KRL (1st Innings) 243 (Fazle Akbar 5-63).
PIA (2nd Innings) 429-6 declared (Yasir Hameed 139, Faisal Iqbal 114).
KRL (2nd Innings, overnight 0-0):
Saeed Anwar c Bazid b Najaf 6
Mohammad Wasim lbw b Umar 9
Mohtashim Ali c Zeeshan b Fazle 14
Mohammad Farrukh b Fazle 0
Usman Saeed lbw b Janisar 25
Zulfiqar Jan c Bazid b Kamran 35
Abdul Rauf c Zeeshan b Najaf 24
Ali Naqvi c Zeeshan b Najaf 16
Shahzad Butt not out 27
Saeed Ajmal b Umar 6
Ali Raza c Bazid b Najaf 11
EXTRAS (B-12, LB-9, NB-10) 31
TOTAL (all out, 56.2 overs) 204
FALL OF WKTS: 1-27, 2-29, 3-32, 4-83, 5-115, 6-137, 7-146, 8-160, 9-185.
BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 17-3-51-2 (1nb); Umar Gul 16-3-65-2 (2nb); Najaf Shah 12.2-3-36-4 (4nb); Kamran Sajid 8-5-18-1; Janisar Khan 3-0-13-1 (2nb).—APP
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