RAWALPINDI, Dec 29: A scintillating 107 by Manzoor Akhtar powered Allied Bank to 292 for five on the first day of their Patron’s Trophy Pool ‘B’ match against National Bank at KRL Stadium on Monday.

Manzoor faced 166 deliveries in his innings striking 18 fours after Allied Bank had been asked to bat first. Others doing well with the bat were Ijaz Ahmed Jnr who scored an unbeaten 70 and Wajahatullah Wasti scoring 47.

Paceman Zahid Saeed took two for 51 while Aleem Musa and Mohammad Javed had one each.

Scoreboard

ALLIED BANK (1st Innings):

Usman Tariq c Kamran b Javed 35

Wajahatullah Wasti run out 47

Manzoor Akhtar c Kamran b Zahid 107

Ijaz Ahmed Jr not out 70

Farhan Adil lbw b Zahid 0

Taimur Khan lbw b Aleem 8

EXTRAS (B-6, LB-8, W-1, NB-10) 25

TOTAL (for five wkts, 89.1 overs) 292

FALL OF WKTS: 1-86, 2-102, 3-261, 4-261, 5-292.

BOWLING (to-date): Zahid Saeed 20-1-51-2; Aleem Musa 13.1-2-46-1; Mohammad Javed 15-4-48-1; Imran Javed 14-2-43-0; Naeem Tayyab 18-6-71-0; Qaiser Abbas 9-3-19-0.

UMPIRES: Mian Aslam and M. Nazir Jr.

MATCH REFEREE: Azmat Rana.