Najaf fires PIA to an emphatic victory

Published January 31, 2006

ISLAMABAD, Jan 30: Paceman Najaf Shah ran through Habib Bank batting on Monday bowling PIA to a comfortable 104-run victory on the fourth and final day of their Patron’s Trophy Quadrangular game at the KRL Stadium.

Set 297 runs for victory after PIA had declared their second innings closed at the overnight score of 315-7, Habib Bank were dismissed for 192. Najaf claimed five wickets for 40 runs to end the match with an impressive 9-100.

The bankers found Najaf too hot to handle and except for Kamran Hussain (46), no batsman could make an impression.

Scoreboard

PIA (Ist Innings) 200 (Ghulam Ali 79; Shahid Nazir 4-30, Kamran Hussain 4-50)

HABIB BANK (Ist Innings) 219 (Farhan Adil 76; Fazle Akbar 5-83, Najaf Shah 4-60)

PIA (2nd Innings) 315-7 dec (Ghulam Ali 84; Irfan Fazil 3-68)

HABIB BANK (2nd Innings)

Riffatullah c Kamran b Najaf 4

Hamayun Farhat c sub b Fazle Akbar 7

Aftab Khan lbw b Zahid 8

Khaqan Arsal b Najaf 8

Farhan Adil c Ghulam Ali b Imran 35

Kamran Hussain c Kamran b Imran 46

Abdul Rehman st Ahmed b Imran 21

Junaid Zia c Imran b Najaf 22

Irfan Fazil lbw b Najaf 10

Fahad Masood c Imran b Najaf 9

Shahid Nazir not out 0

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-3, W-5, NB-9) 22

TOTAL (all out in 44.5 overs) 192

FALL OF WKTS: 1-17, 2-17, 3-27, 4-48, 5-88, 6-144, 7-145, 8-157, 9-183

BOWLING: Falze Akbar 11-4-38-1, Najaf Shah 12.5-2-40-5, Muhammad Zahid 5-0-39-1, Kamran Saajid 3-0-10-0, Imran Tahir 13-0-57-3