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KARACHI, April 10: Saeed bin Nasir failed by a solitary run to reach a superb century on Sunday as Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) thrashed National Bank by seven wickets to emerge as Pool ‘B’ leaders in the Patron’s Cup one-day competition.
Saeed, who has been in tremendous form throughout in the past week, needed six to reach the three-figure mark with the scores level but only succeeded in pulling leg-spinner Rahman Qadir for four that took him 99 off 84 balls in the last-round match played at the Qadhafi Stadium in Lahore.
KRL used up only 37.2 overs to reach their target of 243 with Saeed and pinch-hitter Saad Janjua leading the way. The pair added 96 for the third wicket before Saad was out for a 69-ball 82, trapped leg-before by medium-pacer Mohammad Zahid.
Zahid, a relatively newcomer, had a day which he would like to forget since he gave away as many 90 runs, including 20 in his final over when Saeed hit 6,4,2,4,4,2.
Earlier, half-centuries by Qaiser Abbas (62 off 83 balls, eight fours) and Mohammad Javed (51 off 43 balls, four fours and one six) helped the bankers to 242 for nine.
| Scoreboard for NATIONAL BANK: |
| Nasir Jamshed run out 12 |
| Sajid Ali c Shahbaz b Faisal 6 |
| Naumanullah c Asif b Faisal 15 |
| Qaiser Abbas b Azhar 68 |
| Rashid Riaz c Saeed Jr b Azhar 25 |
| Mohammad Javed c Jaffar b Saeed Jr 51 |
| Akhtar Sarfraz st Shahbaz b Azhar 39 |
| Imran Javed st Shahbaz b Saeed Ajmal 13 |
| Rahman Qadir not out 8 |
| Shabbir Ahmed c Shahbaz b Saeed Ajmal 0 |
| Wasim Khan not out 1 |
| EXTRAS (LB-2, W-8) 10 |
| TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 242 |
| FALL OF WKTS: 1-20, 2-25, 3-55, 4-125, 5-126, 6-205, 7-232, 8-236, 9-240. |
| DID NOT BAT: (Mohammad Zahid). |
| BOWLING: Jaffar Nazir 8-0-37-0 (2w); Faisal Afridi 8-0-38-2 (3w); Saad Janjua 10-0-50-0 (1w); Saeed Ajmal 10-1-39-2; Azhar Ali 7-0-30-3; Ali Naqvi 5-0-33-0 (2w); Saeed Anwar Jr 2-0-13-1. |
| Scoreboard for KRL: |
| Saeed Anwar Jr c Nauman b Shabbir 0 |
| Mohammad Saleem lbw b Zahid 37 |
| Saad Janjua lbw b Zahid 81 |
| Saeed bin Nasir not out 99 |
| Ali Naqvi not out 12 |
| EXTRAS (B-2, W-10, NB-4) 16 |
| TOTAL (for three wkts, 37.2 overs) 246 |
| FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-77, 3-173. |
| DID NOT BAT: Asif Iqbal, Intikhab Alam, Azhar Ali, Shahbaz Butt, Jaffar Nazir, Faisal Afridi, (Saeed Ajmal). |
| BOWLING: Shabbir Ahmed 8-0-42-1 (4nb, 6w); Wasim Khan 6-0-42-0; Mohammad Zahid 10-0-90-2 (4w); Rahman Qadir 7.2-0-44-0; Qaiser Abbas 6-0-26-0. |
| RESULT: KRL won by seven wickets. |
| UMPIRES: Ijaz Ahmed and Rasheed Bhatti. |
| MATCH REFEREE: Saadat Ali. |
Final Pool ‘B’ standings
(Tabulated under played, won, lost, no-result, tied, points, net run-rate):
KRL 5 4 1 0 0 16 +0.542
Customs 5 3 2 0 0 12 +1.003
HBL 5 3 2 0 0 12 +0.814
SNGPL 5 2 3 0 0 8 -0.408
NBP 5 2 3 0 0 8 -0.662
DHA 5 1 4 0 0 4 -1.362
