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KARACHI, Feb 18: A superb century by skipper Hasan Raza inspired Habib Bank to a comfortable 37-run victory over Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) in the second semifinal of the Patron’s Cup one-day cricket tournament on Saturday.
Hasan, the Pakistan Test batsman, hammered a 92-ball 105 with the aid of 11 boundaries and one six while adding 104 for the fifth-wicket with Farhan Adil (43 off 42 balls with three fours).
Helped by useful contributions from Taufiq Umar (44 off 56 balls, seven fours), Humayun Farhat (34 off 24, five fours and one six), Riffatullah Mohmand (44 off 76, one four), Habib Bank eventually reached 285 for seven in 50 overs.
ZTBL responded nervously to start with and lost half the side for 149 by the 27th over after paceman Fahad Masood took three early wickets.
ZTBL were all for 245 in 45 overs with Faisal Naved (62 of 97 balls, five fours) and Atif Ashraf (an unbeaten 59 off 45 balls, six fours and two sixes) the chief scorers.
Scoreboard
HABIB BANK:
Taufiq Umar b Bilal 44
Humayun Farhat c Tanvir b Bilal 34
Riffatullah Mohmand c Bilal b Imran 44
Hasan Raza c Bilal b Kashif 105
Farhan Adil c Atif b Imran 3
Aftab Khan not out 43
Abdul Rahman run out 2
Danish Kaneria run out 0
Junaid Zia not out 1
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-4, NB-2) 8
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 285
FALL OF WKTS: 1-69, 2-88, 3-163, 4-177, 5-281, 6-284, 7-284.
DID NOT BAT: Sajid Shah, Fahad Masood.
BOWLING: Tanvir Ahmed 6-1-45-0 (2nb); Imran Sabir 8-0-61-2 (1w); Kashif Dawood 9-0-55-1; Bilal Asad 10-0-47-2 (2w); Naeem Anjum 10-0-45-0 (1w); Zahoor Elahi 7-0-30-0.
ZTBL:
Hammad Tariq c Farhan b Fahad 9
Tanvir Ahmed c Hasan b Fahad 10
Faisal Naved c Riffat b Fahad 62
Zahoor Elahi c sub (Khaqan) b Kaneria 31
Naveed Qureshi c Humayun b Junaid 33
Bilal Asad c Riffat b Hasan 20
Atif Ashraf not out 59
Adnan Akmal c Humayun b A. Rahman 3
Imran Sabir c Humayun b A. Rahman 0
Kashif Dawood run out 3
Naeem Anjum c Taufiq b Sajid 2
EXTRAS (LB-4, W-11, NB-1) 16
TOTAL (all out, 45 overs) 248
FALL OF WKTS: 1-18, 2-25, 3-72, 4-117, 5-149, 6-208, 7-215, 8-215, 9-221.
BOWLING: Sajid Shah 7-1-34-1 (4w); Fahad Masood 10-0-57-3 (4w); Junaid Zia 7-0-44-1 (1w); Danish Kaneria 9-1-33-1 (1nb); Abdul Rahman 8-2-28-2; Hasan Raza 4-0-28-1.
RESULT: Habib Bank won by 37 runs.
UMPIRES: Mian Aslam and Siddique Khan.
MATCH REFEREE: Naeem Ahmed.
