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LAHORE, April 2: A fine century by opener Nasir Jamshed propelled National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) to a 26-run win against Rawalpindi Rams in a high-scoring Super Eight Group ‘A’ match of the National One-day Cup at the Sheikhupura Stadium on Wednesday.
Nasir cracked 14 boundaries and four sixes in scoring 128 off 115 balls as the bankers reached 319 for four in 50 overs.
But in reply, the Rams fought well through a fine opening stand between Umar Amin and Babar Naeem in chasing a tough target, until they were dismissed in the 49th over for 293.
Umar (60 off 69 balls, nine fours) and Babar (55 off 39 balls, nine fours and two sixes) provided a fine start of 106.
Earlier, Nasir and fellow left-hander Salman Butt (58, seven fours) had given the bankers a similar launching pad by adding 143 for the first wicket.
Scoreboard
NATIONAL BANK:
Salman Butt c Yasim b Naved 58
Nasir Jamshed c Adnan b Yasim 128
Kamran Akmal c Awais b Yasim 33
Naumanullah c Umar b Yasim 18
Fawad Alam not out 39
Shahid Yousuf not out 18
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-22, NB-1) 25
TOTAL (for four wkts, 50 overs) 319
FALL OF WKTS: 1-143, 2-235, 245, 4-272.
DID NOT BAT: Qaiser Abbas, Mansoor Amjad, Wahab Riaz, Irfanuddin, Uzair-ul-Haq.
BOWLING: Yasir Ali 8-0-33-0 (2w); Mohammad Aamir 10-0-56-0 (1nb, 1w); Mohammad Ramiz 8-0-64-0 (13w); Yasim Murtaza 10-0-58-3 (2w); Naveed Qureshi 5-0-35-1 (2w); Babar Naeem 9-0-71-0 (2w).
RAWALPINDI RAMS:
Umar Amin c Salman b Irfan 60
Babar Naeem c Nasir b Irfan 55
Usman Saeed c sub Rashid b Qaiser 41
Naved Qureshi c Nauman b Qaiser 27
Adnan Mufti c Mansoor b Qaiser 25
Awais Zia b Mansoor 4
Yasim Murtaza c Wahab b Mansoor 3
Sajid Mahmood c Fawad b Wahab 35
Mohammad Rameez st Kamran b Irfan 5
Yasir Ali run out 3
Mohammad Aamir not out 12
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-3, W-19) 23
TOTAL (all out, 48.2 overs) 293
FALL OF WKTS: 1-106, 2-143, 3-186, 4-218, 5-232, 6-232, 7-238, 8-259, 9-265.
BOWLING: Wahab Riaz 8.2-0-49-1 (2w); Uzair-ul-Haq 6-0-48-0 (6w); Irfanuddin 10-1-69-3 (7w); Fawad Alam 5-0-32-0; Qaiser Abbas 9-0-37-3; Mansoor Amjad 10-0-54-2 (4w).
RESULT: National Bank won by 26 runs.
UMPIRES: Rasheed Bhatti and Zaheer Ahmed.
MATCH REFEREE: Mohammad Anees.
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Nasir Jamshed.
