KARACHI, March 11: A fine unbeaten century by opener Mohammad Fayyaz guided Peshawar Panthers to a five-wicket win over Karachi Zebras in the National One-day Regional Gold League tie on Saturday.
Fayyaz struck 117 off 126 deliveries as the Panthers achieved victory with three balls to spare after scoring 290 for five at the NBP Sports Complex.
Fayyaz, who slammed 12 boundaries, added 90 for the opening stand with Yasir Hameed (36) and another 90 with Riffatullah Mohmand (51) for the second wicket before Akhtar Sarfraz ended the match with a six.
The Zebras had earlier made 284 for five after Arshad Khan won the toss for the Panthers.
Naumanullah (81 off 95 balls, 10 fours and two sixes), skipper Hasan Raza (70 off 65 balls, three fours and three sixes) and Khurram Manzoor (50 off 73 balls, four fours and two sixes) were the main scorers.
Scoreboard
KARACHI ZEBRAS:
Khurram Manzoor c Zulfiqar b Aslam 50
Shadab Kabir c Arshad b Waqar 4
Naumanullah c Fayyaz b Arshad 81
Hasan Raza c sub b Fazle 70
Farhan Adil b Fazle 15
Wasim Naeem b Waqar 19
Aminur Rahman not out 18
Fahim Ahmed lbw b Fazle 0
Rizwan Saeed not out 2
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-2, W-18, NB-4) 25
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 284
FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-128, 3-164, 4-210, 5-244, 6-279, 7-279.
DID NOT BAT: Tabish Khan, Nasir Khan.
BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 10-1-47-3 (5w); Waqar Ahmed 10-0-72-2 (3nb, 4w); Janisar Khan 4-0-24-0 (3w); Aslam Qureshi 10-1-44-1 (1w); Arshad Khan 9-0-48-1; Riffatullah Mohmand 3-0-17-0; Mohammad Fayyaz 4-0-29-0 (1nb).
PESHAWAR PANTHERS:
Yasir Hameed c Khurram b Wasim 36
Mohammad Fayyaz not out 117
Riffatullah c Khurram b Nauman 51
Wajahatullah Wasti c Nauman b Fahim 41
Akhtar Sarfraz not out 29
Janisar Khan run out 2
Zulfiqar Jan c sub b Fahim 0
EXTRAS (LB-4, W-9, NB-1) 14
TOTAL (for five wkts, 49.3 overs) 290
FALL OF WKTS: 1-90, 2-180, 3-254, 4-257, 5-265.
DID NOT BAT: Arshad Khan, Aslam Qureshi, Waqar Ahmed, Fazle Akbar.
BOWLING: Tabish Khan 9-0-41-0 (2w); Nasir Khan 9-0-46-0 (1nb, 4w); Rizwan Saeed 6-0-50-0; Wasim Naeem 10-0-56-1 (2w); Fahim Ahmed 10-0-55-2; Naumanullah 8.3-0-38-1 (1w).
UMPIRES: Zameer Haider and Rasheed Bhatti.
MATCH REFEREE: Azhar Khan.