LAHORE, March 23: Five wickets by left-arm pacer Wahab Riaz helped National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) march into the Patron's Cup final by defeating Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) by 10 runs in a rain-curtailed 33-over semi-final at the Sheikhupura Stadium on Friday.
NBP lock horns with Habib Bank in the final on Sunday.
Wahab gave away 24 runs in seven overs as SNGPL were all out for 166 in 32.2 overs while chasing the target of 177.
Saleem Mughal and Misbah-ul-Haq were the only prominent scorers for the SNGPL. Saleem hit 55 with the help of three boundaries and one six while Misbah scored 38.
Earlier, batting first, NBP were all out for 176 in 32.5 overs courtesy of fine batting by Fawad Alam, who scored 46 with three hits to the boundary, and Wasim Khan (30 with three sixes).
Scoreboard
National Bank:
Salman Butt c Khalid b Imran 0
Qaiser Abbas c Imran b Tauqir 1
Nauman Ullah c Saeed b Tauqir 13
Shahid Yousuf lbw b Tauqir 30
Amin-ur-Rehman run out 21
Fawad Alam b Khalid 46
Naved Latif c Salman b Imran 7
Mansoor Amjad run out 5
Tahir Mughal c and b Ayub 4
Wasim Khan b Imran 30
Wahab Riaz not out 2
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-10, NB-5) 17
TOTAL (all out, 32.5 overs) 176
FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-3, 3-49, 4-52, 5-95, 6-110, 7-131, 8-137, 9-141.
BOWLING: Imran Ali 5.5-0-28-2 (w3); Tauqir Hussain 5-0-32-3 (5nb, w1); Mohammad Saeed 1-0-6-0; Imran Khalid 7-0-26-1; Saleem Mughal 7-0-28-0 (w1); Khalid Bashir 4-0-46-1 (w5); Mohammad Ayub 3-0-10-1.
SNGPL:
Yasir Arafat b Wahab 1
Mohammad Saeed c Tahir b Wahab 21
Tauqir Hussain b Tahir 11
Azhar Shafiq c Amin b Wahab 4
Misbah-ul-Haq c Amin b Mansoor 38
Mohammad Ayub c Amin b Tahir 1
Saleem Mughal st Amin b Qaisar 55
Imran Khalid b Wahab 1
Mohammad Salman c Amin b Wahab 7
Khalid Bashir b Tahir 0
Imran Ali not out 7
EXTRAS (B-3, LB-4, W-8, NB-5) 20
TOTAL (for all out, 32.2 overs) 166
FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-32, 3-40, 4-46, 5-46, 6-127, 7-132, 8-146, 9-151.
BOWLING: Wasim Khan 6-1-37-0 (nb3); Wahab Riaz 7-0-24-5 (nb2, w3); Tahir Mughal 7-0-27-3; Mansoor Amjad 7-0-32-1; Qaisar Abbas 2.2-0-20-1; Fawad Alam .1-0-4-0; Nauman Ullah 2.5-0-15-0 (w5).
RESULT: NBP won by 10 runs.
UMPIRES: Riazuddin, Nadeem Ghouri.
MATCH-REFEREE: Ishtiaq Ahmed Khan.