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HYDERABAD, Nov 4: KRL, inspired by Yasir Arafat, ended Pakistan Customs’ hopes of retaining the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I title when they defeated the latter by a narrow margin of three wickets at Niaz Stadium here Sunday.
Chasing 130, KRL overcame a middle-order collapse to achieve their third win. By gaining maximum 12 points, KRL displaced Customs from the second spot in the standings Sunday even though both teams secured 42 points after eight rounds.
Earlier, Customs were able to muster just 76 for the loss of remaining six wickets after resuming their second innings at 212 for four.
Left-handed Kashif Siddique added only four to his Saturday’s 78. Of the remaining batsmen, only all-rounder Tariq Haroon was able to make a significant contribution. He struck six fours while making 35 off 4 deliveries.
All-rounder Yasir Arafat, who claimed six for 23 in Customs’ first innings of 46 all out, was again the wrecker-in- chief with his medium-pacers. He captured six for 14 in 31 overs for match haul of 12 for 127 in 43 overs.
KRL (1st Innings) 205 (Zulfiqar Jan 87 not out; Waqar Ahmed 5-55).
PAKISTAN CUSTOMS (1st Innings) 46 (Yasir Arafat 6-23, Naeem Akhtar 4-23).
PAKISTAN CUSTOMS (2nd Innings, overnight 212-4):
Shadab Kabir b Saeed Ajmal 26
Agha Sabir lbw b Yasir 41
Kashif Siddique c S. Anwar b Yasir 82
Asim Kamal lbw b Naeem 19
Aamir Bashir lbw b Yasir 27
Azhar Shafiq c Zulfiqar b Yasir 17
Aamir Iqbal lbw b Yasir 0
Tariq Haroon c and b Shakeel 35
Waqar Ahmed b Yasir 5
Tabish Nawab not out 15
Waqas Chughtai run out 8
EXTRAS (B-2, LB-8, NB-3) 13
TOTAL (all out, 109.3 overs) 288
FALL OF WKTS: 1-52, 2-87, 3-135, 4-187, 5-221, 6-221, 7-230, 8-240, 9-272.
BOWLING: Yasir Arafat 31-6-104-6 (1nb); Naeem Akhtar 32-7-59-1 (1nb); Saeed Ajmal 19-3-44-1 (1nb); Ali Naqvi 20-5-50-0; Shakeel Ahmed 7.3-1-21-1.
KRL (2nd Innings):
Ali Naqvi c A. Iqbal b Waqas 4
Saeed bin Nasir b Azhar 26
Saeed Anwar Jr c Kashif b Waqar 37
Misbah-ul-Haq c sub b Waqas 5
Mohammad Ramzan c Kashif b Tariq 6
Naeem Akhtar b Waqas 22
Intikhab Alam b Waqar 6
Zulfiqar Jan not out 14
Yasir Arafat not out 2
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, W-1) 8
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 33.4 overs) 130
FALL OF WKTS: 1-9, 2-57, 3-70, 4-82, 5-90, 6-114, 7-114.
BOWLING: Waqar Ahmed 11.4-1-39-2; Waqas Chughtai 14-2-65-3; Azhar Shafiq 6-3-5-1 (1w); Tariq Haroon 2-0-14-1.
RESULT: KRL won by three wickets.
UMPIRES: Feroz Butt and Shakeel Khan.
MATCH REFEREE: Naeem Ahmed.
