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LAHORE, July 21: The second Twenty20 practice match between Pakistan ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams at the national training camp was abandoned due to bad light after fine batting displays by Mohammad Hafeez and Imran Nazir at the Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday.
Chasing 140 to win, the Pakistan ‘A’ team had reached 88-2 off 10.3 overs when heavy clouds caused poor visibility prompting the two umpires to call off the match.
Opener Imran Nazir (37) with his captain Salman Butt (15) gave ‘A’ team a perfect start of 46. Imran, who smashed successive sixes off Shoaib Akhtar, scored 37 off 19 balls also laced with four fours.
Earlier, Hafeez struck a 33-ball 56 featuring 12 boundaries while Mohammad Yousuf made 28 off 21 with two fours and a six as the ‘B’ side achieved a moderate 139 off 19.3 overs. Pacemen Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Sami remained expensive, finishing 2-32 and 1-28 respectively off their four overs each whereas Abdur Rehman took 3 for 22.
The third match will be played on Sunday morning.
Summarised scores:
PAKISTAN ‘B’ 139 in 19.3 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 56, Mohammad Yousuf 28, Shoaib Malik 16, Kamran Akmal 14; Abdur Rehman 3-22, Mohammad Asif 2-32, Abdul Razzaq 2-29, Shahid Afridi 2-25, Mohammad Sami 1-28); PAKISTAN ‘A’ 88-2 in 10.3 overs (Imran Nazir 37, Salman Butt 15, Misbah-ul-Haq 15 not out; Mohammad Hafeez 1-12, Umar Gul 1-23).
