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KARACHI, Oct 6: National Bank coasted to a six-wicket win over Pakistan Customs in the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I tie at Jinnah Stadium in Gujranwala Saturday.
A defiant knock of 103 from all-rounder Azhar Shafiq was not enough to save the defending champions from going to last season’s runners-up, says a message here.
National Bank, who were set a target of 147, were well served by Pakistan captain Waqar Younis who slammed 64 off 65 deliveries while batting at No 4.
Waqar and Akhtar Sarfraz (21 not out) added 63 for the fourth wicket after National Bank had lost three for 53.
Earlier, Customs were able to muster another 70 before being all out for 309 with the left-handed Azhar Shafiq scoring 53 of them to complete a well-deserved century, having resumed at 53.
National Bank’s target would have been much smaller had Azhar Shafiq not put on 53 for the last wicket with Tabish Nawab (7). Azhar batted for three minutes short of four hours and faced 180 deliveries.
The chief destroyer on the final day was lanky international paceman Shabbir Ahmed three of the last four wickets. He finished with five for 72 in 23 overs.
PAKISTAN CUSTOMS (1st Innings) 245 (Shadab Kabir 51; Mushtaq Ahmed 6-75).
NATIONAL BANK (1st Innings) 404 (Sajid Ali 113, Akhtar Sarfraz 65, Qaiser Abbas 64; Azhar Shafiq 4-93).
PAKISTAN CUSTOMS (2nd Innings, overnight 239-6):
Shadab Kabir c Imran b Shabbir 47
Imran Mohammad c Qaiser b Shabbir 30
Aamir Bashir lbw b Waqar 2
Naseem Khan c Nauman b Waqar 0
Nisar Abbas c Waqar b Zahid 16
Azhar Shafiq c Kamran b Mushtaq 106
Wasim Yousufi b Zahid 0
Tariq Haroon c Kamran b Shabbir 78
Salman Fazal lbw b Shabbir 0
Waqar Ahmed b Shabbir 6
Tabish Nawab not out 7
EXTRAS (B-8, LB-3, NB-6) 17
TOTAL (all out, 70.2 overs) 309
FALL OF WKTS: 1-62, 2-79, 3-79, 4-81, 5-127, 6-127, 7-247, 8-247, 9-256.
BOWLING: Waqar Younis 21-3-107-2; Shabbir Ahmed 23-6-72-5; Zahid Saeed 8-1-34-2; Mushtaq Ahmed 13.2-2-75-1; Qaiser Abbas 2-1-7-0; Sajid Ali 3-0-3-0.
NATIONAL BANK (2nd Innings):
Shahid Anwar lbw b Tariq 11
Imran Nazir c Tabish b Salman 26
Naumanullah c Wasim b Waqar 3
Waqar Younis b Azhar 64
Akhtar Sarfraz not out 21
Sajid Ali not out 9
EXTRAS (B-14, LB-1, NB-1) 16
TOTAL (for four wkts, 48.2 overs) 150
FALL OF WKTS: 1-37, 2-39, 3-53, 4-116.
BOWLING: Waqar Ahmed 12-2-29-1; Azhar Shafiq 11-3-35-1; Tariq Haroon 13-2-40-1; Salman Fazal 5-3-10-1; Tabish Nawab 4-1-14-0; Aamir Bashir 2.2-0-6-0; Imran Mohammad 1-0-1-0.
