NBP recover

Published October 28, 2001

KARACHI, Oct 27: Half-centuries by Akhtar Sarfraz and Kamran Akmal enabled National Bank overcome poor start in their Patron’s Trophy Grade-I tie against Habib Bank at Sheikhupura Stadium Saturday.

National Bank, who lead the standings, reached 251 for nine in their first innings after being asked to bat first by Habib Bank skipper Akram Raza.

Scoreboard

NATIONAL BANK (1st Innings):

Imran Nazir c Sajid b Akram 43

Hanif-ur-Rehman c Atiq b Sajid 0

Naumanullah c Imran b Sajid 2

Akhtar Sarfraz b Asad 55

Sajid Ali c Atiq b Irfan 0

Qaiser Abbas lbw b Shahid 16

Mohammad Javed lbw b Sajid 30

Kamran Akmal c Shahid b Asad 52

Zahid Saeed c Akram b Asad 18

Mushtaq Ahmed not out 5

Mohammad Sami not out 4

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-3, W-3, NB-12) 26

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 68 overs) 251

FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-25, 3-65, 4-69, 5-106, 6-159, 7-167, 8-229, 9-242.

BOWLING (to-date): Shahid Nazir 18-2-61-1 (1w); Sajid Shah 18-1-81-3 (9nb); Irfan Fazil 12-3-47-1 (2nb, 1w); Akram Raza 14-1-44-1; Asadullah Butt 6-3-7-3 (1w).

HABIB BANK: Imran Farhat, Saleem Elahi, Farhan Adil, Hasan Raza, Mujahid Jamshed, Asadullah Butt, Atiq-uz-Zaman, Sajid Shah, Akram Raza, Irfan Fazil, Shahid Nazir.

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