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LAHORE, Dec 16: A fine 91 by Naved Qureshi and an unbeaten half-century by tailender Tanvir Ahmed propelled Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) to a fighting first innings total of 259 against PTCL in Patron’s Trophy Grade I at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad on Friday.
Naved and Tanvir (58 not out) put on 133 for the ninth wicket after ZTBL were reeling at 6-63.
Naved, who cracked 18 boundaries in 142-ball knock, also steadied the innings with seventh wicket stand of 60 runs with Adnan Akmal (39).
Pacemen Tahir Mughal (4-71) and Muhammad Khalil (4-76) claimed the bowling honours for PTCL.
By close of play, PTCL had lost two wickets for three runs.
SCOREBOARD
ZTBL (1st innings):
Raheel Majeed c Ashar b Khalil 16
Hammad Tariq lbw Tahir 2
Faisal Naved c Shahid b Tahir 20
Bilal Asad b Riaz 13
Atif Ali Zaidi c Usman b Tahir 3
Naved Qureshi c Ashar b Khalil 91
Zahoor Elahi c Shahzad b Tahir 0
Adnan Akmal c Shahzad b Khalil 39
Rao Iftikhar lbw Waqar 3
Tanvir Ahmed not out 58
Naeem Anjum b Khalil 0
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-1, NB-11) 14
TOTAL (all out, 62.5 overs) 259
FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-30, 3-43, 4-55, 5-59, 6-63, 7-123, 8-126, 9-259.
BOWLING: Tahir Mughal 16-3-71-4 (1nb); Muhammad Khalil 17.5-5-76-4 (4nb, 1w); Riaz Afridi 10-1-42-1; Waqar Ahmed 10-4-42-1 (6nb); Babar Naseem 7-0-22-0; Ashar Zaidi 2-0-3-0.
PTCL (1st innings):
Usman Tariq lbw Iftikhar 0
Ashar Zaidi batting 1
Babar Naeem c Bilal b Tanvir 1
Zulqarnain Haider batting 0
EXTRAS (NB-1) 1
TOTAL (for two wkts,3.1 overs) 3
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-1.
BOWLING: Rao Iftikhar 2-0-3-1 (1nb); Tanvir Ahmed 1.1-1-0-1.
