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KARACHI, Dec 11: Shahzad Malik struck an unbeaten century as newcomers PTCL drew their Patron’s Trophy Pool ‘A’ match against Pakistan Customs at Quaid-i-Azam Cricket Park on Thursday.
When the four-day tie was called off with seven mandatory overs remaining, Customs had reached 113 for seven in their second innings. However, they had the satisfaction of obtaining three points after taking a slender 12-run lead on the first innings.
PTCL, resuming at the overnight 327 for seven, did themselves proud by adding a further 92 before being all out for 419.
Shahzad, who made only one first-class century previously, led PTCL’s spirited challenge admirably by converting his Wednesday’s score of 55 into a patient but well-crafted 111. His marathon 325-ball career-best knock, lasting seven hours and 19 minutes, contained 10 boundaries
Junaid Zia did not add to his haul of four wickets, and in the end gave away 83 runs for his trouble.
PAKISTAN CUSTOMS (1st Innings) 431 (Aamir Bashir 115, Kashif Siddique 82, Bilal Khilji 69).
PTCL (1st Innings, overnight 327-7):
Mohammad Fayyaz c Shahbaz b Junaid 28
Babar Naeem c Shahbaz b Atif 34
Shiraz Khalid lbw b Junaid 0
Ashar Zaidi c and Kashif 34
Naved Latif c Aamir b Junaid 129
Shahzad Malik not out 111
Mohammad Hussain c Aamir b Junaid 6
Zulqarnain Haider c Nisar b John 12
Tabish Nawab run out 15
Mohammad Khalil b Imran 2
Riaz Afridi c Rawait b Atif 4
EXTRAS (B-23, LB-13, W-1, NB-7) 44
TOTAL (all out, 164.1 overs) 419
FALL OF WKTS: 1-65, 2-65, 3-73, 4-156, 5-277, 6-295, 7-324, 8-381, 9-391.
BOWLING: Stephen John 27-13-48-1 (2nb); Junaid Zia 38-12-83-4 (1nb); Imran Ali 37-7-108-0 (4nb); Atif Maqbool 30.1-4-83-2; Kashif Siddique 20-4-41-1; Nisar Abbas 12-1-20-0 (1w).
PAKISTAN CUSTOMS (2nd Innings):
Kashif Siddique c sub (Irfan) b Fayyaz 23
Rawait Khan c Zulqarnain b Khalil 0
Bilal Khilji c Shahzad b Riaz 9
Nisar Abbas c Babar b Shiraz 27
Kamran Hussain lbw b Fayyaz 23
Aamir Bashir c Ashar b Fayyaz 21
Shahbaz Butt c and b Shiraz 4
Atif Maqbool not out 0
Imran Ali not out 0
EXTRAS (B-5, LB-1) 6
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 38 overs) 113
FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-16, 3-62, 4-77, 5-97, 6-106, 7-112.
BOWLING: Mohammad Khalil 4-0-21-1; Riaz Afridi 4-0-14-1; Mohammad Hussain 5-2-11-0; Tabish Nawab 5-1-10-0; Mohammad Fayyaz 10-4-22-3; Shiraz Khalid 10-3-29-2.
RESULT: Match drawn.
UMPIRES: Shakeel Khan and Athar Zaidi.
MATCH REFEREE: Naeem Ahmed.
