LAHORE, Feb 4: Half-centuries by Shahzad Malik and Babar Naeem led PTCL to a six-wicket win over Service Industries in the first round match of the Patron’s Cup at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Saturday.

Shahzad hit 58 off 59 balls with four fours and one six while opener Babar faced 72 in making 58 with six fours and one six as PTCL raced to the winning target of 248 in 44.5 overs for the loss of four wickets.

Earlier Babar with Usman Tariq (49, five fours, 75 balls) shared an opening stand of 121.

A fine knock of 82 of Khurram Shahzad helped Service pile up 247 for seven in 50 overs.

Khurram, who cracked six fours and one six off 84 balls, steadied the innings together with Sohail Ahmed (48, two fours, 107 balls) as the pair put on 113 for the fourth wicket after Service lost three wickets for 65 runs.

Scoreboard

SERVICE INDUSTRIES:

Mohammad Ashfaq c Ashar b Khalil 15

Afaq Rahim c Tahir b M Hussain 31

Faisal Khan c Shahzad b Tahir 4

Sohail Ahmed c Ashar b Hussain 48

Khurram Shahzad c Hussain b Khalil 82

Mustansar Ali not out 40

Mohammad Irshad c Jawwad b Hussain 1

Farhan Asghar c sub b Waqar 5

Nafees Ahmed not out 3

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-16, NB-1) 18

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 247

FALL OF WKTS: 1-21, 2-26, 3-65, 4-178, 5-218, 6-221, 7-236.

BOWLING: Tahir Mughal 7-0-35-1; Mohammad Khalil 8-0-48-2; Jawwad Hameed 10-0-34-0; Mohammad Hussain 10-1-39-3; Waqar Ahmed 4-0-26-1; Babar Naeem 9-0-47-0; Ashar Zaidi 2-0-17-0.

PTCL:

Usman Tariq run out 49

Babar Naeem c Asim b Zeeshan 58

Asim Kamal c Zeeshan b Sohail 24

Shahzad Malik not out 58

Ashar Zaidi c Farhan b Sohail 4

Mohammad Hussain not out 26

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-2, W-26) 29

TOTAL (four wkts, 44.5 overs) 248

FALL OF WKTS: 1-21, 2-139, 3-169, 4-179.

BOWLING: Mohammad Irshad 7-0-48-0; Asim Butt 6-1-32-0; Mohammad Ashfaq 10-2-45-0; Zeeshan Safeer 10-1-55-1; Sohail Ahmed 8-0-40-2; Nafees Ahmed 3-0-22-0; Faisal Khan 5-0-3-0.

RESULT: PTCL won by six wickets.

UMPIRES: Mian Aslam and Iftikhar Malik.

MATCH REFEREE: Khalid Niazi.