PTCL sink KPT

Published April 5, 2005

KARACHI, April 4: A superb opening stand of 173 between Babar Naeem and Irfan Haider laid the foundation of PTCL’s crushing eight-wicket win against KPT in the Patron’s Cup Pool ‘A’ match at the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad on Monday. Babar stroked 10 fours and three sixes in scoring 86 off 81 balls, while Irfan’s unbeaten 83 off 95 balls with 11 boundaries helped PTCL overhauled KPT’s 216 with more than 18 overs to spare.

Scoreboard

KPT:

Maisam Hasnain b Yasin                             17
Shadab Kabir c Adnan b Tabish                 49
Ahmer Saeed b Tabish                               26
Ariz Kamal c Hussain b Tabish                    3
Fahadullah lbw b Shiraz                             16
Saad Wasim st Adnan b Hussain                31
Rashid Hanif c and b Hussain                     30
Javed Qadeer not out                                17
Nadeem Javed c Yasin b Hussain               0
Mansoor Ahmed c Fayyaz b Babar            0
Mohammad Hasnain not out                       1

EXTRAS (LB-9, W-13, NB-4)               26
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs)           216
FALL OF WKTS:
( 1-28, 2-100, 3-109, 4-112, 5-134, 6-196, 7-201, 8-201, 9-202 )

DID NOT BAT: (Fahad Khan).
BOWLING: Yasin Bari 3-0-19-1 (1nb); M. Usman 2.2-0-20-0 (5w);
Babar Naeem 9.4-0-48-1 (1nb); Jawwad Hameed 9-0-28-0 (2w); M. Hussain 10-2-25-3 (1w);
Tabish Nawab 10-0-42-3 (1w); Shiraz Khalid 6-1-25-1 (2nb).

PTCL:

Babar Naeem c Nadeem b Ariz                86
Irfan Haider not out                                  83
Mohammad Fayyaz b Rashid                     4
Shahzad Malik not out                              17
 

EXTRAS (LB-2, W-16, NB-9)               27
TOTAL (for two wkts, 31.2 overs)         217
FALL OF WKTS:
( 1-173, 2-181 )

DID NOT BAT: Naved Latif, Mohammad Hussain, Adnan Naved, Jawwad Hameed,
Yasin Bari, Mohammad Usman, (Tabish Nawab).
BOWLING: Mohammad Hasnain 2.3-0-29-0 (2nb, 4w); Nadeem Javed 4-0-22-0 (1nb, 4w);
Maisam Hasnain 1.3-0-17-0 (1nb, 2w); Fahad Khan 2-0-19-0 (2nb); Ariz Kamal 10-0-35-1 (2w);
Mansoor Ahmed 4-0-45-0 (3nb); Rashid Hanif 6.2-0-41-1 (1w); Shadab Kabir 1-0-7-0 (1w).

UMPIRES: Shakeel Khan and Islam Khan.
MATCH REFEREE: Munawwar Agha.

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