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KARACHI, March 8: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) reached semi-finals of the Patron's Trophy on net run-rate in only their second season of first-class with a 65-run win over ZTBL at the Quaid-i-Azam Cricket Park (Steel Town) on Tuesday.
With Allied Bank also winning their last Pool 'A' fixture, PTCL edged out the bankers with a difference of +0.262 on the net run-rate after both sides tied with 24 points.
With a run-rate of +0.370, PTCL booked a semi-final clash with seven-time champions Habib Bank, starting on Friday in Lahore. Mohammad Hussain, the slow left-armer, captured four for 85 as ZTBL were all out for 229 in the second innings after being asked to chase 295.
Left-hander Rehan Rafiq hit a valiant 104 with eight fours and one six and added 108 for the fifth-wicket with Naveed Qureshi (47). Earlier, PTCL skipper Aamir Bashir declared his second innings at 237 for four. Ashar Zaidi, who was three short of a century on Monday evening, was finally out for 125 after a fourth-wicket stand of 103 with Aamir (40 not out).
SCOREBOARD
PTCL (1st Innings) 312 (Shahzad Malik 110, Naved Latif 55; Mansoor Amjad 4-63).
ZTBL (1st Innings) 255 (Zahoor Elahi 86 not out, Shahid Yousuf 61; Riaz Afridi 4-96).
PTCL (2nd Innings, overnight 194-3):
Ashar Zaidi c Imran b Zahoor 125
Naved Latif c Shahid b Mansoor 24
Mohammad Fayyaz c Adnan b Imran 9
Shahzad Malik c Adnan b Naved 29
Aamir Bashir not out 40
EXTRAS (B-3, LB-5, W-2) 10
TOTAL (for four decl, 58.5 overs) 237
FALL OF WKTS: 1-48, 2-65, 3-134, 4-237.
BOWLING: Rao Iftikhar 5-0-29-0; Mubashir Nazir 5-1-11-0; Imran Sabir 5-0-19-1; Mansoor Amjad 13-3-32-1; Munir Ansari 6-0-30-0; Zahoor Elahi 13.5-1-66-1; Naveed Qureshi 11-1-42-1 (1w).
ZTBL (2nd Innings):
Hammad Tariq c Yasir b Waqar 9
Shahid Yousuf c Ashar b Waqar 12
Rehan Rafiq st Zulqarnain b Hussain 104
Mansoor Amjad lbw b Hussain 19
Zahoor Elahi c Riaz b Fayyaz 18
Naveed Qureshi st Zulqarnain b Naved 47
Munir Ansari c Naved b Hussain 0
Rao Iftikhar not out 7
Adnan Akmal c and b Hussain 3
Mubashir Nazir run out 0
Imran Sabir c Zulqarnain b Riaz 0
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-5, NB-1) 10
TOTAL (all out, 69.1 overs) 229
FALL OF WKTS: 1-21, 2-22, 3-68, 4-109, 5-217, 6-219, 7-221, 8-227, 9-227.
BOWLING: Riaz Afridi 7.1-1-22-1; Waqar Ahmed 9-3-32-2 (1nb); Mohammad Hussain 29-6-85-4; Naved Latif 8-1-31-1; Yasir Ali 6-2-8-0; Aqeel Arshad 2-0-12-0; Mohammad Fayyaz 8-1-30-1.
UMPIRES: Mian Aslam and Riazuddin.
MATCH REFEREE: Saadat Ali.
FINAL STANDINGS
(Tabulated under matches played, won, lost, drawn, points, net run-rate):
POOL 'A'
PIA 5 3 - 2 27 -0.058
PTCL 5 3 1 1 24 +0.370
Allied Bank 5 3 1 1 24 +0.108
Wapda 5 1 3 1 12 -0.040
ZTBL 5 1 3 1 9 +0.055
KPT 5 - 3 2 6 -0.408
POOL 'B'
Habib Bank 5 2 - 3 18 +0.187
National Bank 5 2 - 3 15 -0.044
Customs 5 1 1 3 12 +0.311
KRL 5 1 1 3 9 +0.781
Sui Gas 5 - 2 3 3 +0.155
DHA 5 - 2 3 3 -1.353
SEMIFINALS (MARCH 11-14):
PIA v National Bank at National Stadium, Karachi
umpires: (Riazuddin and Islam Khan; match referee: Anwar Khan);
Habib Bank v PTCL at Qadhafi Stadium, Lahore
umpires: (Zamir Haider and Rasheed Bhatti; match referee: Khateeb Rizwan).
