PCB Greens triumph in trial match

Published September 5, 2005

LAHORE, Sept 4: An unbroken stand of 66 between captain Misbahul Haq and Faisal Iqbal helped PCB Whites beat PCB Greens by six wickets on the third and final day of the trial match at the Qadhafi Stadium on Sunday. Chasing 167 in the 45 overs, the Whites romped home in 36.4 overs.

Misbah batted with authority to score 46 with eight boundaries. Faisal, who made 107 not out in the first innings, struck 35, including seven fours.

Earlier, the Greens were all out for 157 in 42 overs.

SCOREBOARD

PCB GREENS (1st Innings) 314 (Hasan Raza 63; Mohammad Irshad 4-77).

PCB WHITES (1st innings) 305 (Faisal Iqbal 107 not out).

PCB GREENS (2nd Innings, overnight 30-2):

Ashar Zaidi b Irshad 7

Bazid Khan lbw b Najaf 2

Yasir Hameed b Riaz 38

Salman Butt b Riaz 25

Hasan Raza lbw b Yasir 15

Shoaib Malik run out 13

Yasir Arafat run out 16

Zulqarnain Haider lbw b Arshad 3

Asim Kamal run out 21

Mohammad Khalil not out 6

Imran Tahir lbw b Arshad 4

EXTRAS (LB-6, W-1) 7

TOTAL (all out, 42 overs) 157

FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-12, 3-70, 4-79, 5-103, 6-104, 7-110, 8-135, 9-149.

BOWLING: Najaf Shah 13-1-36-1; Mohammad Irshad 8-0-31-1; Yasir Ali 7-0-31-1; Riaz Afridi 1.2-0-7-2; Arshad Khan 10.4-2-25-2; Mansoor Amjad 2-0-21-0.

PCB WHITES (2nd Innings):

Imran Farhat c Zulqarnain b Shahid 14

Taufiq Umar c Zulqarnain b Umar Gul 31

Naumanullah b Umar Gul 8

Faisal Athar lbw b Khalil 21

Misbahul Haq not out 46

Faisal Iqbal not out 35

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-1, NB-4) 13

TOTAL (for four wkts, 36.9 overs) 168

FALL OF WKTS: 1-24, 2-45, 3-62, 4-102.

BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 5-1-28-1; Umar Gul 6-0-30-2; Mohammad Asif 8-0-45-0; Yasir Arafat 7-2-18-0; Muhammad Khalil 4-1-7-1; Imran Tahir 5-0-24-0; Ashar Zaidi 1.4-0-7-0.

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