Tahir shines in drawn match

Published January 19, 2006

LAHORE, Jan 18: Fine bowling by medium-pacer Tahir Mughal helped PTCL earn three points over Habib Bank after the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I quadrangular series match ended in a predictable draw at Multan Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.

Tahir, who had captured three wickets on Tuesday, grabbed two more to finish with five for 67 as the bankers could add only 16 runs to their first innings total of 139 for six to be all out for 155, in reply to PTCL’s 271.

By close of play, medium-pacer Shahid Nazir also put PTCL in trouble by taking all four wickets in the second innings.

Only 21.1 overs were possible on the last day due to rain and inclement weather which damaged the proceeding on all four days.

Meanwhile, the match between PIA and National Bank at the KRL Stadium in Rawalpindi was abandoned without a ball being bowled.

Scoreboard

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

HABIB BANK (1st Innings, overnight 139-6):

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 56

Abdur Rahman lbw b Hussain 15

Kamran Hussain run out 1

Irfan Fazil c Shahzad b Tahir 0

Shahid Nazir c sub b Khalil 6

Fahad Masood c Zulqarnain b Tahir 0

EXTRAS (LB-4, NB-4) 8

TOTAL (all out, 48.5 overs) 155

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-21, 3-50, 4-57, 5-81, 6-135,7- 144, 8-144, 9-153.

BOWLING: Tahir Mughal 21.3-5-67-5; Mohammad Khalil 13-4-24-2 (2nb); Waqar Ahmed 5-2-0-0; Riaz Afridi 6-0-29-1 (2nb); Mohammad Hussain 3-0-22-1.

PTCL (2nd Innings):

Babar Naeem lbw b Shahid 17

Ashar Zaidi lbw b Shahid 2

Usman Tariq not out 9

Zulqarnain Haider b Shahid 0

Shahzad Malik c Humayun b Shahid 0

Tahir Mughal not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-2, NB-5) 7

TOTAL (for four wkts, 14.2 overs) 35

FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-24, 3-39, 4-34.

BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 7.2-2-13-4 (5nb); Fahad Masood 1-1-0-0; Irfan Fazil 6-1-20-0.

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