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KARACHI, Dec 13: Asif Mujtaba, the former Test batsman, hit a defiant hundred as PIA held Habib Bank to a tame draw in their Patron’s Trophy Grade-I cricket championship match at UBL Sports Complex on Tuesday.
The left-handed Asif made a polished 103 and stand-in skipper Faisal Iqbal a fighting 82 as PIA were dismissed for 395 in their first innings in reply to bankers’ massive total of 681 for eight declared.
Skipper Hasan Raza decided not to enforce the follow-on. The bankers scored 38 for one wicket in their second innings when the match was called off early.
Asif, who struck 12 boundaries in his 339-minute innings and faced 252 balls, put on 154 for the fifth-wicket with Faisal.
PIA’s innings ended in a dramatic fashion as the last four wickets fell for one run in seven overs with part-time spinners Imran Farhat and Hasan Raza grabbing two wickets each.
The bankers collected three points for the first-innings lead.
Scoreboard
HABIB BANK (1st Innings) 681-8 declared (Imran Farhat 242, Hasan Raza 178, Humayun Farhat 71, Taufiq Umar 63).
PIA (1st Innings, overnight 202-4):
Agha Sabir c Kamran b Sajid 2
Ghulam Ali b Abdul Rahman 31
Kamran Sajid lbw b Shahid 46
Bazid Khan c Rafat b Shahid 39
Faisal Iqbal b Abdul Rahman 82
Asif Mujtaba c and b Hasan 103
Ahmed Zeeshan Malik lbw b Imran 31
Umar Gul b Hasan 0
Najaf Shah c and b Imran 3
Imran Tahir lbw b Imran 0
Fazle Akbar not out 11
EXTRAS (B-21, LB-10, NB-14) 45
TOTAL (all out, 142.1 overs) 395
FALL OF WKTS: 1-22, 2-57, 3-129, 4-136, 5-290, 6-381, 7-381, 8-381, 9-382.
BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 20-7-36-2; Sajid Shah 18-2-71-1; Junaid Zia 16-3-48-0; Abdul Rahman 38-13-80-2; Imran Farhat 20.1-6-33-2; Kamran Hussain 23-2-85-0; Taufiq Umar 1-1-0-0; Hasan Raza 6-3-11-2.
HABIB BANK (2nd Innings):
Imran Farhat not out 23
Taufiq Umar lbw b Umar Gul 7
Rafatullah Mohmand not out 4
EXTRAS (B-2, LB-2) 4
TOTAL (for one wkt, 9 overs) 38
FALL OF WKT: 1-25.
BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 3-1-13-0; Umar Gul 4-0-13-1; Najaf Shah 2-0-8-0.
UMPIRES: Riazuddin and M. Akbar Khan.
MATCH REFEREE: Ishtiaq Ahmed.—APP
