KARACHI, Dec 13: KRL whipped ZTBL by eight wickets in the Patron’s Trophy Cricket Championship quadrangular round tie at the UBL Sports Complex on Wednesday.

Pacemen Mohammad Irshad claimed four for 58in 18 overs and Abdur Rauf three for 51 in 16 overs as ZTBL, resuming at 124 for two, were dismissed for 253 in their second innings after lunch on the fourth and final day of the match.

KRL reached the winning target for the loss of two wickets in the 14th over. Saeed Anwar followed his 130 in the first innings with an unbeaten 34 in just over an hour with four hits to the ropes. Zulfiqar Jan finished eight not out.

Fast-medium bowler Mohammad Khalil got both the wickets for 17 runs in seven overs.

Earlier ZTBL skipper Aamir Bashir hit a fighting 71 with eight boundaries and night-watchman Shakeel Ansar made 48 while Faisal Naveed struck 53 off 80 deliveries with six hits to the ropes.

KRL mustered full nine points in the match after their previous match ended in draw due to rains.

Scoreboard

KRL (1st Innings) 407 (Saeed Anwar Jr 130, Zulfiqar Jan 100, Yasir Arafat 51; Imran Sabir 4-84).

ZTBL (1st Innings) 212 (Afaq Raheem 93; Saeed Ajmal 5-51).

ZTBL (2nd Innings, overnight 124-2):

Afaq Raheem lbw b Jaffar 12

Atif Ashraf c Shahzad b Ashraf 14

Aamir Bashir c Zulqarnain b Jaffar 71

Shakeel Ansar c Wasim b Irshad 48

Umar Javed b Irshad 0

Adnan Raza c Usman b Irshad 6

Faisal Naveed c Saeed Ajmal b Rauf 53

Kashif Dawood c Zulqarnain b Rauf 13

Naeem Anjum c Zulqarnain b Rauf 0

Imran Sabir c Zulqarnain b Yasir 22

Mohammad Khalil not out 0

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-5, NB-5) 14

TOTAL (all out, 90.2 overs) 253

FALL OF WKTS: 1-23, 2-23, 3-153, 4-153, 5-1559, 6-169, 7-207, 8-217, 9-252.

BOWLING: Mohammad Irshad 18-4-58-4; Jaffar Nazir 12-2-29-2 (1nb); Yasir Arafat 17.2-4-47-1 (2nb); Abdul Rauf 16-5-51-3 (2nb); Saeed Ajmal 19-6-51-0; Saeed Anwar 8-3-8-0.

KRL (2nd Innings):

Mohtashim Ali c Kashif b Khalil 15

Saeed Anwar Jr not out 34

Jaffar Nazir b Khalil 0

Zulfiqar Jan not out 8

EXTRAS (LB-3, NB-2) 5

TOTAL (for two wkts, 13.1 overs) 62

FALL OF WKTS: 1-29, 2-29.

BOWLING: Mohammad Khalil 7-1-17-2; Imran Sabir 4-0-23-0 (1nb); Kashif Dawood 2.1-0-19-0 (1nb).

RESULT: KRL won by eight wickets.

UMPIRES: Shakeel Khan and Iftikhar Malik.

MATCH REFEREE: Naeem Ahmed.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Muhammad Ahsan.—APP

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