Aamir hits century

Published January 17, 2006

LAHORE, Jan 16: A fine century by skipper Aamir Bashir helped PTCL score 271 in the first innings against Habib Bank on the second day of Patron’s Trophy Grade-I quadrangular round match at Multan Cricket Stadium on Monday.

Aamir scored a 155-ball 102 with 18 boundaries and one six in trying conditions.

Meanwhile, there was no play for the second consecutive day in the match between PIA and National Bank at the KRL Stadium in Rawalpindi.

Scoreboard

PTCL (1st Innings, overnight):

Babar Naeem lbw b Shahid Nazir 8

Ashar Zaidi c Humayun b Kamran 12

Usman Tariq c Riffat b Fahad 28

Zulqarnain Haider c Taufiq b Fahad 15

Aamir Bashir b Fazil 102

M. Hussain c Humayun b Shahid Nazir 34

Shahzad Malik c Rahman b Kamran 23

Tahir Mughal c Riffat b Fahad 8

Riaz Afridi c Taufiq b Rahman 6

Mohammad Khalil run out 4

Waqar Ahmed not out 6

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-6, W-1, NB-10) 25

TOTAL (all out, 79.5 overs) 271

FALL OF WKTS: 1-16, 2-36, 3-72, 4-73, 5-168, 6-203, 7-220, 8-231, 9-255.

BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 22-4-48-2; Kamran Hussain 14-0-57-2; Fahad Masood 20-3-55-3; Irfan Fazil 8.5-0-42-1; Abdur Rahman 15-2-55-1.

HABIB BANK (1st Innings):

Riffatullah not out 0

Taufiq Umar not out 0

EXTRAS 0

TOTAL (for no wkt, 0.2 overs) 0

BOWLING (to-date): Tahir Mughal 0.2-0-0-0.

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