The match was seriously disturbed by a fault in the grid station which did not allow the lights to be switched on till 6:30 pm. Later the PCB XI innings was also interrupted due to the problem that caused a very late finish of the game Friday night.
Waqar Younis won the toss and opted to bat first. The decision proved fruitful as the Pakistan XI hit a big total of 268 for seven in 40 overs. Abdur Razzaq (53 on 43 balls, 7 fours and a six) and Naveed Latif added 62 runs for the fifth wicket partnership on 61 balls, consuming only 46 minutes.
Saeed Anwar, sporting a beard made useful 30 on 31 balls having four fours while Shahid Afridi contributed 48 on 42 balls with the help of four big sixes and three fours.
Solid batting by Shadab Kabir and Faisal Iqbal snatched away the advantage from Pakistan XI. Shadab scored 88 on 79 balls and hit a huge six and 13 boundaries.
Faisal Iqbal was equally enterprising as he scored 74 off 76 deliveries and hit nine boundaries. After both were out, Imran Farhat took charge and his lusty hitting facilitated PCB Eleven’s victory. Imran struck a massive six and five boundaries.
PAKISTAN XI
Saeed Anwar c Inzamam b Shabbir 30
Shahid Afridi c Faisal b Naveed 48
Yousuf Youhana c Taufiq b Naveed 13
Younis Khan lbw b Naveed 1
Naveed Latif run out 54
Abdur Razzaq c Shadab b Inzamam 53
Rashid Latif c Imran b M.Sami 26
Wasim Akram not out 24
EXTRAS (lb2, w11, nb6) 19
TOTAL (for seven wickets, 40 overs) 268
FALL OF WIKTS: 1-45, 2-76, 3-98, 4-98, 5-159.
DID NOT BAT: Waqar Younis, Shoaib Malik, Shoaib Akhtar.
BOWLING: Mohammad Sami 8-0-61-1 (3nb, 2w), Shabbir Ahmad 8-1-48-1 (1w), Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 8-0-57-3(1nb, 2w), Danish Kaneria 8-1-53-0 (1w), Taufeeq Umar 4-0-17-0 (3w), Inzamam-ul-Haq 4-0-30-1.
PCB XI
Imran Nazir lbw b Waqar Younis 14
Taufeeq Umar run out 5
Shadab Kabir c sub b Shoaib Malik 88
Faisal Iqbal st Rashid b Afridi 74
Imran Farhat c Rashid b Waqar 45
Rana Naveed c sub b Shoaib 11
Salman Butt c Rashid b Shoaib 2
Atiq-uz-Zaman not out 9
Shabbir Ahmad not out 1
EXTRAS (b5, lb6, w9, nb3) 23
TOTAL (for seven wickets, 39.2 overs) 272
FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-21, 3-197, 4-205, 5-206, 6-252, 7-262.
DID NOT BAT: Inzamam-ul-Haq, Danish Kaneria.
BOWLING: Wasim Akram 8-2-21-0 (1nb), Waqar Younis 5-0-60-2, Shaoib Akhtar 7.2-0-54-2 (1w), Abdur Razzaq 6-0-51-0 (2nb, 2w), Shoaib Malik 7-0-51-1 (6w), Shahid Afridi 3-0-24-1.