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RAWALPINDI, Dec 28: Openers Sufyan Munir and Asim Munir scored half centuries on Sunday while Saleem Mughal scored an unbeaten 93 as Sui Gas edged ZTBL by eight runs in a high-scoring Patron’s Cup Pool ‘B’ match at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
Sufyan continuing his fine form with the bat struck 71 while Asim stroked 52 and later Saleem stepped in to fire Sui Gas to a tall 308 for five in 50 overs.
ZTBL made a gallant start, Raheel Majeed (53) and Zahoor Elahi (86) putting on 132 in a first wicket stand. But the bankers could not captialise on the good start and fell for 300 in 49.3 overs.
Scoreboard
SUI GAS:
Sufyan Munir run out 71
Asim Munir c Adnan b Javed 52
Umar Javed c Adnan b Siddique 0
Misbah-ul-Haq c Siddique b Raheel 29
Saleem Mughal not out 93
Sohail Idrees c Shahid b Rao Iftikhar 33
Shakeel Ansar retd hurt 3
Imran Tahir not out 5
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-14, W-6, NB-1) 22
TOTAL (for five wkts, 50 overs) 308
FALL OF WKTS: 1-121, 2-122, 3-131, 4-196, 5-278.
BOWLING: Mubashir Nazir 8-1-54-0; Rao Iftikhar 8-0-54-1; Mohammad Siddique 10-0-46-1; Javed Hayat 9-0-51-1; Faisal Naveed 9-0-44-0; Raheel Majeed 6-0-44-1.
ZTBL:
Raheel Majeed run out 53
Zahoor Elahi b Imran Tahir 86
Shahid Yousuf c and b Wasim 36
Naveed Qureshi c Saleem b Arsalan 7
Faisal Naveed run out 6
Javed Hayat c Shahid b Sajid 37
Hammad Tariq b Sajid 9
Adnan Akmal c Shakeel b Imran 29
Rao Iftikhar b Wasim 3
Mubashir Nazir c Shakeel b Wasim 2
Mohammad Siddique not out 0
EXTRAS (B-2, LB-9, W-6, NB-15) 32
TOTAL (all out, 49.3 overs) 300
FALL OF WKTS:132, 2-203, 3-205, 4-215, 5-221, 6-241, 7-282, 8-296, 9-298.
BOWLING: Wasim Khan 9.3-0-58-3; Arsalan Mir 10-0-43-1; Sajid Ali 8-0-61-2; Saleem Mughal 8-0-58-0; Imran Tahir 10-2-44-2; Umar Javed 4-0-25-0.
RESULT: Sui Gas won by eight runs.
