KARACHI, Feb 11: National Bank crashed to a 45-run defeat after PTCL piled up 336 in their Patron’s Cup Group ‘B’ fixture at the KRL Stadium on Saturday.

Despite good contributions by skipper Naumanullah (76 off 90 balls), Shahid Yousuf (61 off 67 balls) and Mansoor Amjad (an unbeaten 52 off 42 balls), the bankers were dismissed for 291.

For PTCL, Ashar Zaidi excelled with 83 off 85 balls, including 10 boundaries.

Scoreboard

PTCL:

Usman Tariq c and b Naved 19

Babar Naeem b Irfan 54

Tahir Mughal c Javed b Zahid 51

Ashar Zaidi run out 83

Aamir Bashir c and b Irfan 7

Shahzad Malik lbw b Nauman 43

Mohammad Hussain b Wasim 21

Mohammad Boota c and b Wasim 8

Riaz Afridi b Nauman 8

Jawwad Hameed not out 20

Mohammad Khalil b Nauman 7

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-6, W-22, NB-3) 35

TOTAL (all out, 49.4 overs) 336

FALL OF WKTS: 1-70, 2-84, 3-119, 4-151, 5-268, 6-274, 7-292, 8-307, 9-311.

BOWLING: Zahid Saeed 8-1-56-1 (1nb, 6w); Wasim Khan 10-0-64-2 (2w); Hanifur Rahman 6-0-48-0 (2w); Naved Latif 2-0-28-1 (1nb, 1w); Irfanuddin 10-0-48-2 (1nb, 5w); Mansoor Amjad 8-0-54-0 (5w); Naumanullah 5.4-0-28-3.

NATIONAL BANK:

Imran Nazir run out 0

Hanifur Rahman run out 0

Faisal Athar lbw b Tahir 34

Naumanullah c Boota b Ashar 76

Shahid Yousuf c Shahzad b Ashar 61

Naved Latif c Aamir b Khalil 2

Mansoor Amjad not out 52

Javed Qadeer c sub b Jawwad 23

Zahid Saeed run out 11

Wasim Khan run out 7

Irfanuddin b Riaz 0

EXTRAS (B-6, LB-7, W-9, NB-3) 25

TOTAL (all out, 44.1 overs) 291

FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-5, 3-66, 4-172, 5-186, 6-200, 7-251, 8-270, 9-291.

BOWLING: Tahir Mughal 7-0-46-1 (5w); Mohammad Khalil 9-0-64-1 (3nb, 2w); Riaz Afridi 3.1-0-30-1; Mohammad Hussain 9-0-53-0 (1w); Jawwad Hameed 8-0-49-1 (1w); Ashar Zaidi 8-0-36-2.

RESULT: PTCL won by 45 runs.

UMPIRES: Mian Aslam and Kaukab Butt.

MATCH REFREE: Khateeb Rizwan.