Match-winning show by Riaz, Ashar

Published December 20, 2005

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.

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