0
KARACHI, March 8: Unbeaten centuries by Asif Mujtaba and Janisar Khan were the highlights of what was a dull last day of the Patron's Trophy Pool 'A' match between PIA and KPT at the UBL Sports Complex on Tuesday.
After PIA had declared their second innings at 471 for six, KPT finished at 91 for three, after being set a virtually impossible target of 359 in 20 overs, as the match petered out in the dullest of draws.
Asif, the 37-year-old ex-Test-hander, scored 137 - his 47th hundred in 282 first-class matches - with 16 fours and one six. In contrast, Janisar reached only his second century, making exactly 100 (which included 16 boundaries) as the unbroken seventh-wicket stand realized 232 runs in 238 minutes.
Despite taking three points for first innings lead, KPT finished bottom of this pool and face automatic demotion to non-first-class cricket next season.
SCOREBOARD
PIA (1st Innings) 296 (Moin Khan 107, Kamran Sajid 100; Mansoor Ahmed 6-95).
KPT (1st Innings) 409 (Maisam Hasnain 160, Rashid Hanif 64 not out; Aizaz Cheema 6-106).
PIA (2nd innings, overnight 216-4):
Kamran Sajid st Javed b Mansoor 74
Ghulam Ali c Javed b Hasnain 4
Shoaib Khan c Javed b Mansoor 29
Faisal Iqbal c Rashid b Mansoor 76
Asif Mujtaba not out 137
Bazid Khan lbw b Nadeem 15
Moin Khan b Mansoor 1
Janisar Khan not out 100
EXTRAS (B-10, NB-25) 35
TOTAL (for six decl, 134.3 overs) 471
FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-63, 3-185, 4-190, 5-237, 6-239.
BOWLING: Mohammad Hasnain 17-2-75-1 (5nb); Nadeem Javed 22-4-84-1 (2nb); Mansoor Ahmed 45.3-9-132-4 (14nb); Shahid Khan 16-3-60-0; Ahmer Saeed 11-2-31-0 (1nb); Rashid Hanif 5-2-18-0; Iqbal Shaikh 6-0-19-0; Maisam Hasnain 7-1-22-0 (2nb); Shadab Kabir 3-0-20-0.
KPT (2nd Innings):
Maisam Hasnain c sub b Imran 30
Javed Qadeer b Imran 36
Shahid Khan c Imran b Tahir 1
Nadeem Javed not out 20
Ahmer Saeed not out 1
EXTRAS (LB-3) 3
TOTAL (for three wkts, 13 overs) 91
FALL OF WKTS: 1-57, 2-69, 3-72.
BOWLING: Aizaz Cheema 3-0-28-0; Kamran Sajid 2-0-14-0; Imran Tahir 4-0-25-2; Tahir Khan 3-0-21-1; Bazid Khan 1-1-0-0.
UMPIRES: Afzaal Ahmed and Shakeel Khan.
MATCH REFEREE: Khalid Niazi.
