LAHORE, Jan 17: Habib Bank were in danger of conceding first innings after stumbling to 138 for six lead against PTCL on the third day of Patron’s Trophy Grade-I quadrangular round match at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

The bankers’ hopes are now pinned on former Test wicket-keeper Humayun Farhat as they chase PTCL’s total of 271.

Meanwhile, there was action for the third day running in the match between National Bank and PIA at Rawalpindi’s KRL Stadium because of inclement weather.

Scoreboard

PTCL (1st Innings) 271 (Aamir Bashir 102).

HABIB BANK (1st Innings, overnight 0-0):

Rafatullah Mohmand b Tahir 0

Taufiq Umar c Shahzad b Khalil 12

Aftab Alam c Shahzad b Tahir 22

Hasan Raza c Hussain b Tahir 20

Farhan Adil b Riaz 15

Humayun Farhat not out 48

Abdur Rahman lbw b Hussain 15

Kamran Hussain not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-3, NB-4) 7

Total (for six wkts, overs 42) 139

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-21, 3-56, 4-57, 5-81, 6-135.

TO BAT: Shahid Nazir, Irfan Fazil, Fahad Masood.

BOWLING (to-date): Tahir Mughal 18-4-59-3; Mohammad Khalil 10-3-17-1 (2nb); Waqar Ahmed 5-1-9-0; Riaz Afridi 6-0-29-1 (2nb); Mohammad Hussain 3-0-22-1.