LAHORE, Dec 17: Solid batting by Zulqarnain Haider and skipper Aamir Bashir enabled PTCL to earn first innings lead against ZTBL on the second day of Patron’s Trophy Grade I fixture at Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Saturday.

Zulqarnain was unbeaten at 88, a knock that included seven fours while Aamir hit 77 with 13 boundaries as PTCL were 265-6 at close while replying to ZTBL’s total 259. The pair added 116 for the fourth wicket.

Scoreboard

ZTBL (1st Innings) 259 (Naveed Qureshi 91; Tahir Mughal 4-71, Mohammad Khalil 4-76).

PTCL (1st Innings, overnight 2-3):

Usman Tariq lbw b Rao Iftikhar 0

Ashar Zaidi c sub b Naeem 46

Babar Naeem c Bilal b Tanvir 1

Zulqarnain Haider not out 88

Aamir Bashir lbw b Bilal 77

Asim Kamal c Adnan b Bilal 2

Shahzad Malik c Adnan b Tanvir 33

Tahir Mughal not out 5

EXTRAS ((B-1, LB-9, NB-3) 13

TOTAL (for six wkts, 84 overs) 265

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-1, 3-83, 4-199, 5-207, 6-251.

BOWLING (to-date): Rao Iftikhar 16-1-56-1 (1nb); Tanvir Ahmed 18-4-52-2 (2nb); Bilal Asad 16-5-44-2; Naeem Anjum 27-5-79-1; Raheel Majeed 3-0-17-0; Naveed Qureshi 4-0-7-0.