KARACHI, Dec 24: National Bank are eying a possible victory in the rain-hit Patron’s Trophy Pool ‘B’ fixture in Peshawar after reducing Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) to 113 for six on Wednesday.

ZTBL need another 72 runs to avoid the follow-on on the fourth and final day on Thursday.

Earlier, after Tuesday’s wash out, NBP added another 56 to be all out for 334 in their first innings. Sajid Ali scored three more runs before he fell lbw to ZTBL captain Rao Iftikhar for 97. Mohammad Javed, however, went on to score 82.

Scoreboard

NATIONAL BANK (1st Innings, overnight 278-6):

Hanif-ur-Rehman lbw b Rao Iftikhar 0

Imran Javed c Shahid b Mubashir 14

Naumanullah lbw b Siddique 18

Qaiser Abbas lbw b Rao Iftikhar 64

Akhtar Sarfraz lbw b Siddique 0

Sajid Ali lbw b Rao Iftikhar 97

Kamran Akmal c Adnan b Siddique 19

Mohammad Javed b Mubashir 82

Zahid Saeed b Mubashir 13

Mushtaq Ahmed c Imran b Mubashir 6

Aleem Musa not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-11, NB-10) 21

TOTAL (all out, 88.2 overs) 334

FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-29, 3-60, 4-60, 5-152, 6-188, 7-282, 8-317, 9-331.

BOWLING: Mubashir Nazir 23.2-3-91-4 (4nb); Rao Iftikhar 29-4-99-3; Mohammad Siddique 17-2-62-3 (6nb); Hafiz Majid 3-0-7-0; Faisal Naveed 11-0-58-0; Shahid Yousuf 1-0-2-0; Javed Hayat 4-2-4-0.

ZTBL (1st Innings):

Hafiz Majid lbw b Aleem 4

Hammad Tariq c Kamran b Zahid 13

Imran Abbas c Sajid b Aleem 0

Shahid Yousuf not out 52

Faisal Naveed c Akhtar b Zahid 7

Naveed Qureshi lbw b Imran 11

Javed Hayat run out 4

Adnan Akmal not out 5

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-3, NB-13) 17

TOTAL (for six wkts, 37 overs) 113

FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-12, 3-52, 4-73, 5-95, 6-107.

TO BAT: Rao Iftikhar, Mubashir Nazir, Mohammad Siddique.

BOWLING (to-date): Zahid Saeed 11-3-41-2 (6nb, 1w); Aleem Musa 13-1-42-2 (7nb, 2w); Mohammad Javed 1-1-0-0; Imran Javed 7-1-18-1; Mushtaq Ahmed 5-2-11-0.