January 25, 2006	Wednesday	Zilhaj 24, 1426

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ISLAMABAD, Jan 24: A deadly post-tea spell by paceman Umar Gul in which he snapped up five wickets earned PIA a 139-run victory in their Patron’s Trophy quadrangular match against PTCL at the KRL Stadium.

Umar broke a stubborn fourth wicket partnership between Asher Zaidi (66) and Amir Bashir (50) that produced 136 runs and then ran through the batting to bowl out PTCL for 239.

PTCL needing 379 runs for victory on the last day had resumed at the overnight score of 3 for no loss. But except for Asher and Amir no batsman could make any impression.

Umar who gave away 51 runs in his haul, bowled Amir with a perfect delivery to end a partnership that had gained a dangerous dimension.

Amir hit up seven fours and faced 119 balls while Asher whose scalp was snapped up by Kamran Sajid, stroked 10 boundaries.

PIA (Ist Innings) 369 in 121.3 overs (Faisal Iqbal 91, Asif Mujtaba 65; Muhammad Hussain 3-72, Tahir Mughal 3-97)

PTCL (Ist Innings) 222 in 62.5 overs (Shahzad Malik 89; Fazle Akbar 5-62)

PIA (2nd Innings) 231-4 dec in 53.5 overs (Ghulam Ali 78, Faisal Iqbal 56 not out; Muhammad Khalil 2-55)

PTCL (2nd Innings) (overnight 3-0)

Zulqarnain lbw b Tahir 20

Babar Naeem c Mahmood b Fazle Akbar 6

Usman Tariq lbw b Kamran 26

Asher Zaidi b Kamran 66

Amir Bashir b Umar 50

M. Hussain lbw b Umar 12

Shahzad Malik c Tahir b Umar 4

Tahir Mughal c Ahmed b Umar 0

M. Fayyaz c Mahmood b Umar 8

M. Khalil c Ahmed b Fazle Akbar 10

Yasin Bari not out 0

EXTRAS (B-20, LB-12, W-1, NB-4) 37

TOTAL (all out in 82.2) 239

FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-65, 3-67, 4-203, 5-216, 6-217, 7-217, 8- 228, 9-233

BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 18.2-5-42-2, Umar Gul 23-11-51-5, Najaf Shah 0 - ? 15-4-48-0, Kamran Sajid 8-2-21-2, Tahir Khan 17-8-43-1, Asif Mujtaba 1-0-2-0