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LAHORE, Feb 13: Tailender Imran Sabir starred in a remarkable ZTBL’s two-wicket victory in the Patron’s Cup Group ‘B’ match against Service Industries at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Monday.
ZTBL were heading for a certain defeat after crashing to 202 for eight in the 39th over while chasing 278.
But Imran, batting at No 9, then had other ideas as he bludgeoned eight fours and four sixes in an unbeaten 75 off only 55 balls to help ZTBL win with only two balls left.
Imran was easily the dominant partner in the unbroken ninth-wicket partnership of 81 with Naeem Anjum (10).
Earlier, Masood Asim (101 off 133 balls) was the major scorer for Service Industries who finished at 277 for six in 50 overs.
Scoreboard
SERVICE INDUSTRIES:
Kashif Nizami c Adnan b Imran 4
Afaq Rahim c Adnan b Naeem 51
Masood Asim c Naved b Rao Iftikhar 101
Sohail Ahmed c Adnan b Rao Iftikhar 64
Khurram Shahzad c Zahoor b Naeem 21
Mohammad Irshad lbw b Kashif 3
Mustansar Ali not out 9
Nafees Ahmed not out 4
EXTRAS (B-5, LB-12, W-3) 20
TOTAL (for six wkts, 50 overs) 277
FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 2-111, 3-222, 4-241, 5-250, 6-271.
DID NOT BAT: Mohammad Asif, Zeeshan Safeer, Rizwan Akbar.
BOWLING: Rao Iftikhar 10-0-64-2 (1w); Imran Sabir 10-0-47-1; Bilal Asad 3-0-16-0; Naeem Anjum 8-0-41-2; Zahoor Elahi 10-0-33-0 (2w); Naveed Qureshi 3-0-21-0; Kashif Dawood 6-0-38-1.
ZTBL:
Faisal Naved b Rizwan 13
Hammad Tariq b Irshad 0
Zahoor Elahi c Afaq b Irshad 4
Naveed Qureshi b Irshad 8
Bilal Asad c Irshad b Nafees 72
Atif Ashraf c sub b Nafees 21
Adnan Akmal c Irshad b Masood 39
Kashif Dawood lbw b Masood 25
Imran Sabir not out 75
Naeem Anjum not out 10
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-4, W-6, NB-5) 16
TOTAL (for eight wkts, 49.4 overs) 283
FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-16, 3-27, 4-38, 5-95, 6-150, 7-177, 8-202.
DID NOT BAT: Rao Iftikhar.
BOWLING: Mohammad Irshad 8-0-46-3 (5nb, 2w); Rizwan Akbar 8-0-37-1 (1w); Sohail Ahmed 10-1-57-0; Nafees Ahmed 8-0-46-2; Zeeshan Safeer 7.4-0-46-0; Masood Asim 8-0-46-2.
UMPIRES: Iqbal Butt and Javed Iqbal.
MATCH REFEREE: Saadat Ali.
