February 19, 2006	Sunday	Muharram 20, 1427

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KARACHI, Feb 18: A superb century by skipper Hasan Raza inspired Habib Bank to a comfortable 37-run victory over Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) in the second semifinal of the Patron’s Cup one-day cricket tournament on Saturday.

Hasan, the Pakistan Test batsman, hammered a 92-ball 105 with the aid of 11 boundaries and one six while adding 104 for the fifth-wicket with Farhan Adil (43 off 42 balls with three fours).

Helped by useful contributions from Taufiq Umar (44 off 56 balls, seven fours), Humayun Farhat (34 off 24, five fours and one six), Riffatullah Mohmand (44 off 76, one four), Habib Bank eventually reached 285 for seven in 50 overs.

ZTBL responded nervously to start with and lost half the side for 149 by the 27th over after paceman Fahad Masood took three early wickets.

ZTBL were all for 245 in 45 overs with Faisal Naved (62 of 97 balls, five fours) and Atif Ashraf (an unbeaten 59 off 45 balls, six fours and two sixes) the chief scorers.

Scoreboard

HABIB BANK:

Taufiq Umar b Bilal 44

Humayun Farhat c Tanvir b Bilal 34

Riffatullah Mohmand c Bilal b Imran 44

Hasan Raza c Bilal b Kashif 105

Farhan Adil c Atif b Imran 3

Aftab Khan not out 43

Abdul Rahman run out 2

Danish Kaneria run out 0

Junaid Zia not out 1

EXTRAS (LB-2, W-4, NB-2) 8

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 285

FALL OF WKTS: 1-69, 2-88, 3-163, 4-177, 5-281, 6-284, 7-284.

DID NOT BAT: Sajid Shah, Fahad Masood.

BOWLING: Tanvir Ahmed 6-1-45-0 (2nb); Imran Sabir 8-0-61-2 (1w); Kashif Dawood 9-0-55-1; Bilal Asad 10-0-47-2 (2w); Naeem Anjum 10-0-45-0 (1w); Zahoor Elahi 7-0-30-0.

ZTBL:

Hammad Tariq c Farhan b Fahad 9

Tanvir Ahmed c Hasan b Fahad 10

Faisal Naved c Riffat b Fahad 62

Zahoor Elahi c sub (Khaqan) b Kaneria 31

Naveed Qureshi c Humayun b Junaid 33

Bilal Asad c Riffat b Hasan 20

Atif Ashraf not out 59

Adnan Akmal c Humayun b A. Rahman 3

Imran Sabir c Humayun b A. Rahman 0

Kashif Dawood run out 3

Naeem Anjum c Taufiq b Sajid 2

EXTRAS (LB-4, W-11, NB-1) 16

TOTAL (all out, 45 overs) 248

FALL OF WKTS: 1-18, 2-25, 3-72, 4-117, 5-149, 6-208, 7-215, 8-215, 9-221.

BOWLING: Sajid Shah 7-1-34-1 (4w); Fahad Masood 10-0-57-3 (4w); Junaid Zia 7-0-44-1 (1w); Danish Kaneria 9-1-33-1 (1nb); Abdul Rahman 8-2-28-2; Hasan Raza 4-0-28-1.

RESULT: Habib Bank won by 37 runs.

UMPIRES: Mian Aslam and Siddique Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Naeem Ahmed.