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KARACHI, Oct 23: Right-arm pace bowler Jaffar Nazir bowled KRL into a winning position by claiming seven for 43 in National Bank’s second innings on the third day of the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I clash at Saga Ground, Sialkot Tuesday.
Wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal slammed a defiant 109 off 123 balls as National Bank reached 273 in their second innings, according to details available here.
KRL, who had obtained a first innings lead of 89, closed the day on 29 for no loss after being set 185 for victory.
National Bank appeared in great danger of going down by innings when they lost the first six wickets for 55 runs. But Kamran, who batted for two hours and 40 minutes, and all-rounder Mohammad Javed (45 off 102 balls) came together in a seventh wicket partnership of 132.
NATIONAL BANK (1st Innings) 204 (Naumanullah 59).
KRL (1st Innings) 293 Misbah-ul-Haq 58, Intikhab Alam 53 not out; Zahid Saeed 4-49).
NATIONAL BANK (2nd Innings, overnight 2-0):
Imran Nazir c Jaffar b Yasir 34
Shahid Anwar c Khalid b Jaffar 1
Naumanullah lbw b Jaffar 8
Qaiser Abbas c Khalid b Jaffar 4
Sajid Ali lbw b Jaffar 2
Mohammad Javed b Ali Naqvi 45
Kamran Akmal c John b Ali Naqvi 109
Zahid Saeed b Jaffar 16
Shabbir Ahmed c Saeed b Jaffar 8
Mushtaq Ahmed c Misbah b Jaffar 22
Mohammad Sami not out 7
EXTRAS (B-6, LB-6, NB-4) 16
TOTAL (all out, 72.3 overs) 273
FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-21, 3-29, 4-37, 5-55, 6-187, 7-215, 8-233, 9-266.
BOWLING: Mohammad Asif 12-1-51-0; Jaffar Nazir 21.3-4-43-7; Ali Naqvi 16-6-51-2; Stephen John 10-2-43-0; Yasir Arafat 13-1-73-1.
KRL (2nd Innings):
Ali Naqvi not out 12
Mohammad Ramzan not out 7
EXTRAS (B-8, LB-1, W-1) 10
TOTAL (for no wkt, 9 overs) 29
BOWLING (to-date): Mohammad Sami 5-1-16-0; Shabbir Ahmed 4-1-4-0.
