LAHORE, April 25: Despite a lion-hearted spell of bowling from paceman Asim Butt, PIA pulled of a narrow three-wicket victory overt Sialkot in the Pentangular Cup fixture at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Tuesday.

Asim claimed five for 48 but despite his heroics, PIA achieved their second win in the tournament by scoring 139 for seven.

The win, worth six points, earned PIA third spot in the five-team competition with 15 points.

Scoreboard

SIALKOT (1st Innings) 278 (Hafiz Khalid 64, Adeel Malik 61; Najaf Shah 5-34, Fazle Akbar 4-66).

PIA (1st Innings) 209 (Imran Abbas 67; Mahmood Malik 5-65).

SIALKOT (2nd Innings) 66 (Janisar Khan 4-11, Najaf Shah 4-26).

PIA (2nd Innings, overnight 17-1):

Agha Sabir c Atiq b Asim 15

Ghulam Ali c Mahmood b Asim 22

Kamran Sajid c Kashif b Asim 26

Imran Abbas lbw b Asim 0

Faisal Iqbal c Faisal b Kashif 19

Mahmood Hamid c Asim b Kashif 8

Janisar Khan not out 26

Kashif Mahmood c Faisal b Asim 8

Najaf Shah not out 0

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-5, W-1, NB-1) 15

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 34 overs) 139

FALL OF WKTS: 1-17, 2-62, 3-62, 4-91, 5-94, 6-100, 7-133.

BOWLING (to-date): Asim Butt 16-2-48-5; Kashif Dawood 11-2-50-2; Mahmood Malik 6-1-24- 0; Abdur Rahman 1-0-4-0