LAHORE, May 4 Karachi Electricity Supply Corporation (KESC) emerged as champions of the Patron's Trophy Grade-II cricket tournament after the four-day final against Army ended in a draw because of rain and bad light at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Monday.
Set to score 506 for victory, Army, who were 36-0 overnight, had reached 138-3 when the match ended.KESC, who clinched the title on the basis of their massive 190-run lead on the first innings, received a cash prize of Rs100,000 while Army were honoured with the runners-up prize of Rs50,000.
Akbar-ur-Rehman, who scored 195 in KESC's first innings, was declared the Man-of-the-Match. His team-mate Asad Shafiq adjudged best batsman of the tournament for scoring 611 runs. Asif Raza of Pakistan Air Force was the best bowler with 31 wickets to his credit.
Shahzaib Hasan of Port Qasim Authority, a surprise inclusion in Pakistan's World Twenty20 squad, was declared the tournament's best fielder for taking 12 catches.
KESC skipper Javed Mansoor earned the best wicket-keeper award for effecting 21 dismissals (17 catches and four stumpings). All individual prizes were worth Rs10,000 each.
Scoreboard
KESC (1st Innings) 514-7 (Akbar-ur-Rehman 195, Asad Shafiq 126, Javed Mansoor 79, Arif Mahmood 59 not out).
ARMY (1st Innings) 324 (Nadeem Iqbal 74, Sanaullah Khan 65, Shoaib Ahmed 61, Shoaib Nasir 58; Misbah Khan 5-76).
KESC (2nd Innings) 315 (Daniyal Ahsan 87, Asad Shafiq 55; Shahid Khan 4-55, Mujahid Amin 4-91).
ARMY (2nd Innings, overnight 36-0)
Shoaib Nasir b Zaheer 27
Adnan Younis not out 38
Mir Azam b Zaheer 7
Nadeem Iqbal lbw b Shahzaib 35
Sanaullah Khan not out 16
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-5, NB-9) 15
TOTAL (for three wkts, 43.1 overs) 138
FALL OF WKTS 1-45, 2-54, 3-108.
BOWLING Zaheer Abbas 12-2-36-2 (1nb); Abdul Ameer 12-1-51-0 (8nb); Misbah Khan 9.1-3-25-0; Akbar-ur-Rehman 1-1-0-0; Arif Mahmood 1-0-1-0; Shahzaib Ahmed 8-2-19-0.
RESULT Match drawn.
UMPIRES Iftikhar Malik and Anis-ur-Rehman.
MATCH REFEREE Pervez Akhtar.
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH Akbar-ur-Rehman.





























