KARACHI, Dec 31: Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal captured a career-best seven for 116 to bowl Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) to their first win in the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I match against Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd (SNGPL) by 101 runs on Saturday.

Chasing 350 for victory in 93 overs at NBP Sports Ground, SNGPL were all out for 248 with 28-year-old Faisalabad-born Saeed Ajmal finishing with a match haul of 11 for 141.

SNGPL captain Misbahul Haq made a defiant 72 with five fours and two sixes and Saleem Mughal a fighting 79 with four boundaries and three sixes.

After Imran Khalid went for 22, Misbah with Saleem Mughal put on 86 for the fourth wicket. But after their departure, the remaining batsmen succumbed to the guiles of Saeed Ajmal.

Scoreboard

KRL (1st Innings) 220.

SNGPL (1st Innings) 157.

KRL (2nd Innings) 286-7 declared.

SNGPL (2nd Innings, overnight 26-2):

Mohammad Hafeez c Shahbaz b Ali Raza 1

Imran Khalid c S. Anwar b Ali Raza 21

Sufyan Munir b Tahir 0

Misbahul Haq c Shahbaz b S. Ajmal 72

Saleem Mughal c Alamgir b S. Ajmal 79

Mohammad Salman c S. Anwar b S. Ajmal 21

Sohail Idrees b S. Ajmal 2

Yasir Arafat Jr lbw b S. Ajmal 0

Mahmood Malik lbw b S. Ajmal 17

Sajid Ali not out 2

Asad Ali c Wasim b Ajmal 8

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-8, W-5, NB-9) 23

TOTAL (all out, 86.1 overs) 248

FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-3, 3-52, 4-138, 5-170, 6-170,7-183, 8-209, 9-238.

BOWLING: Tahir Maqsood 12-3-22-1 (5nb); Ali Raza 16-2-46-2 (4nb, 1w); Saeed Ajmal 30.1-6-116-7; Saeed Anwar 1-0-3-0; Azhar Ali 1-0-1-0.—APP