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LAHORE, Dec 19: Paceman Riaz Afridi claimed four for 34 and opener Ashar Zaidi hit an unbeaten 62 to help PTCL beat ZTBL by nine wickets in the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I fixture at Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Monday.
ZTBL, who had conceded a 120-run lead on the first innings, were all out for 252 in the second after resuming at 104 for two.
Chasing 133, PTCL got off to a flying start with Ashar blasting 10 fours to set up an easy win.
Together with Shahzad Malik (39, four fours, two sixes), the left-handed Ashar added 74 after Usman Tariq was dismissed for 23.
SCOREBOARD
ZTBL (1st Innings) 259 (Naveed Qureshi 91; Tahir Mughal 4-71, Mohammad Khalil 4-76).
PTCL (1st Innings) 379 (Zulqarnain Haider 102, Aamir Bashir 77, Tahir Mughal 70; Naeem Anjum 5-122).
ZTBL (2nd Innings, overnight 104-2):
Raheel Majeed c Aamir b Riaz 43
Hammad Tariq c Shahzad b Khalil 3
Faisal Naved c Asim b Babar 42
Atif Ali Zaidi c Shahzad b Babar 25
Bilal Asad c and b Babar 2
Naveed Qureshi lbw Riaz 2
Zahoor Elahi c and b Khalil 34
Adnan Akmal c Khalil b Riaz 47
Rao Iftikhar c Zulqarnain b Riaz 4
Tanvir Ahmed not out 22
Naeem Anjum b Tahir 1
EXTRAS (B-7, LB-2, W-4, NB-9) 22
TOTAL (all out, 79.5 overs) 252
FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 2-84, 3-122, 4-131, 5-138, 6-138, 7-217, 8-225, 9-229.
BOWLING: Tahir Mughal 13.5-2-55-1 (2nb); Mohammad Khalil 22-4-70-2 (2nb, 1w); Riaz Afridi 18-3-34-4; Waqar Ahmed 14-3-53-0 (5nb, 1w)); Babar Naeem 11-3-30-3; Ashar Zaidi 1-0-3-0.
PTCL (2nd Innings):
Ashar Zaidi not out 67
Usman Tariq c Hammad b Naeem 23
Shahzad Malik not out 39
EXTRAS (B-9, LB-3, W-1) 13
TOTAL (for one wkt, 21.3 overs) 137
FALL OF WKT: 1-63.
BOWLING: Rao Iftikhar 7-0-51-0 (1w); Tanvir Ahmed 6-0-31-0; Naeem Anjum 6.3-1-25-1; Bilal Asad 1-0-12-0; Raheel Majeed 1-0-6-0.
UMPIRES: M. Nazir Junior and Rasheed Bhatti.
MATCH REFEREE: Khateeb Rizwan.
