ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: Opener Ghulam Ali scored a fine 84 that put PIA in a healthy position in their Patron’s Trophy quadrangular match against Habib Bank at the KRL Stadium on Sunday.

At the close of play on day three of four, PIA had moved to 315 for seven in their second innings and were ahead by 296 runs. At the crease were Bazid Khan and Najaf Shah, both of whom had identical scores of 38.

Ghulam, not out 8 in his team’s overnight score of 29-1, struck 10 fours and a six in his 162-ball innings before falling to Fahad Masood.

Also making a useful contribution was Asif Mujtaba who chipped in with 45. Medium fast Irfan Fazil was the stand-out bowler with three for 68.

Scoreboard

PIA (Ist Innings) 200 (Ghulam Ali 79; Shahid Nazir 4-30, Kamran Hussain 4-50)

HABIB BANK (Ist Innings) 219 (Farhan Adil 76; Fazle Akbar 5-83, Najaf Shah 4-60)

PIA (2nd Innings) (overnight 29-1)

Kamran Sajid lbw b Shahid Nazir 9

Ghulam Ali b Fahad 84

Yasir Hameed c Shahid b Junaid 30

Asif Mujtaba c & b Rehman 45

Mahmood Hamid lbw b Irfan 23

Bazid Khan not out 38

Ahmed Zeeshan c Hamayun b Irfan 11

M. Zahid b Irfan 0

Najaf Shah not out 38

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-11, W-6, NB-19) 37

TOTAL (for seven wkts in 82.5 overs) 315

FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-83, 3-188, 4-218, 5-224, 6-242, 7-242

BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 8-2-29-1, Kamran Hussain 14-3-39-0, Junaid Zia 12.5-2-54-1, Irfan Fazil 13-0-68-3, Fahad Masood 14-2-57-1, Abdul Rehman 20-4-51-1, Aftab Khan 1-0-5-0.