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RAWALPINDI, Dec 31: Pakistan Juniors scored a remarkable 37-run victory over PCB XI Monday at the Rawalpindi Stadium in a low-scoring match.
The juniors, preparing for this month’s World Cup in New Zealand, found the going tough and could only manage a paltry 134 after being put in. But they made up for the low total with an impressive bowling and fielding display and bundled out PCB XI for 97, Arsalan Mir claiming four for 24.
In the juniors’ innings, except for wicketkeeper Aminur Rehman who topscored with 39 and Junaid Zia’s 25 down the order, no other batsman could do much. Paceman Waqas Ahmed did most of the damage taking four for 46 while Jaffar Nazir captured three.
PCB XI batting crumbled in the face of fine bowling and tight fielding by the under-19s and the entire side was dismissed in juts over 28 overs.
Besides Arsalan’s four wickets, Umer Gul snapped up two while Junaid and Najaf Shah had one each.
The junior side had earlier beaten the PCB XI in the first match by four wickets.
PAKISTAN JUNIORS:
Salman Butt c Bilal b Waqar 10
Arsalan Mir lbw b Jaffar 1
Kamran Younis b Waqar 6
Kamran Sajid c Atiq b Jaffar 2
Asim Munir b Jaffar 3
Khaqan Arsal c Atiq b Waqas 0
Mohammad Fayyaz c Atiq b Waqas 11
Amin-ur-Rehman c Atiq b Waqas 39
Junaid Zia b Yasir 25
Najaf Shah lbw b Waqas 0
Umer Gul not out 0
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-4, W-13, NB-19) 37
TOTAL (all out, 30.5 overs) 134
FALL OF WKTS: 1-21, 2-29, 3-34, 4-39, 5-40, 6-52, 7-69, 8-129, 9-133.
BOWLING: Jaffar Nazir 9-1-29-3; Waqar Ahmed 6-0-29-2; Waqas Ahmed 8.5-1-46-4; Mohammad Altaf 3-0-7-0; Bilal Asad 1-0-8-0; Yasir Shah 3-0-10-1.
PCB XI:
Usman Tariq c Amin b Najaf 4
Zeeshan Mohsin b Arsalan 31
Bilal Asad c Kamran Sajid b Junaid 5
Mohammad Naveed c Amin b Umer 10
Rashid Amin Butt run out 10
Atiq-uz-Zaman c Amin b Arsalan 4
Mohammad Altaf c Khaqan b Umer 2
Waqas Ahmed run out 4
Jaffar Nazir lbw b Arsalan 2
Waqar Ahmed b Arsalan 0
Yasir Shah not out 2
EXTRAS (B-2, LB-9, W-8, NB-4) 23
TOTAL (all out, 28.1 overs) 97
FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-50, 3-50, 4-80, 5-84, 6-85, 7-91, 8-95, 9-95.
BOWLING: Najaf Shah 8-4-14-1; Umer Gul 8.1-1-31-2; Arsalan Mir 9-1-24-4; Junaid Zia 3-0-17-1.
RESULT: Pakistan Juniors won by 37 runs.
