Raza restricts NBP to 213

Published October 10, 2001

KARACHI, Oct 9: Left-arm paceman Ali Raza claimed four for 48 as Pakistan Public Works Department (PWD) curtailed National Bank to a first innings score of 213 on the opening day of their Patron’s Trophy Grade-I fixture at Saga Ground in Sialkot Tuesday.

Ably supported by fellow pacers Nadeem Iqbal and Tanvir Ahmed, Ali Raza was chiefly responsible for the bankers’ collapse, says a message here.

Naumanullah (63) and the left-handed Qaiser Abbas (60) added 95 for the fourth wicket but once the partnership was broken, National Bank lost their last wickets for the addition of 40 more runs.

Naumanullah, a tall right-hander, was also involved in a third wicket stand worth 55 with Akhtar Sarfraz.

Mutahir Shah had an excellent day behind the timbers with a haul of six catches, three off Ali Raza.

Scoreboard

NATIONAL BANK (1st Innings):

Imran Nazir c Mutahir b Ali Raza 18

Shahid Anwar c Mutahir b Ali Raza 0

Naumanullah c Mutahir b Tanvir 63

Akhtar Sarfraz c Bazid b Bilal 20

Qaiser Abbas c Riaz b Nadeem 60

Sajid Ali lbw b Nadeem 0

Imran Javed c Mutahir b Tanvir 6

Kamran Akmal c Mutahir b Riaz 12

Shabbir Ahmed not out 4

Zahid Saeed c Nadeem b Ali Raza 6

Mohammad Sami c Mutahir b Ali Raza 1

EXTRAS (B-7, LB-8, W-4, NB-4) 23

TOTAL (all out, 87.1 overs) 213

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-23, 3-78, 4-173, 5-173, 6-181, 7-186, 8-204, 9-210.

BOWLING: Nadeem Iqbal 18-5-37-2; Ali Raza 20.1-4-48-4; Tanvir Ahmed 15-6-26-2; Bilal Asad 22-9-41-1; Bazid Khan 4-0-25-0; Iqbal Imam 3-0-8-0; Riaz Shaikh 5-0-13-1.

PWD: Imran Khan, Bilal Asad, Afsar Nawaz, Bazid Khan, Saad Wasim (captain), Iqbal Imam, Mutahir Shah, Riaz Shaikh, Tanvir Ahmed, Ali Raza, Nadeem Iqbal.

UMPIRES: Feroz Butt and Islam Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Azhar Khan.

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