KARACHI, March 12: Allied Bank stepped up their challenge to stay in touch of Pool ‘D’ leaders KRL and ADBP with a five-wicket win against Rest of NWFP at Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar Tuesday.
Allied Bank’s second win in as many matches means that they are one point behind with a game in hand over the top two sides in this group.
REST OF NWFP:
Ahmed Said c Taimur b Arshad 32
Asmatullah b Aqib 16
Mohammad Fayyaz lbw b Taimur 31
Ibrahim Afridi b Nawaz 35
Bilal Marwat c Humayun b Ijaz Jr 16
Raja Nadeem b Arshad 6
Akbar Badshah st Taimur b Arshad 13
Yasir Shah c Taimur b Manzoor 9
Shakeel-ur-Rehman not out 4
Umair Khan run out 7
Imran Durrani not out 0
EXTRAS (LB-10, W-19, NB-3) 32
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 201
FALL OF WKTS: 1-46, 2-84, 3-99, 4-148, 5-158, 6-170, 7-178, 8-184, 9-201.
BOWLING: Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 9-2-24-0; Taimur Khan 10-1-33-1; Aqib Javed 5-0-20-1; Arshad Khan 10-1-34-3; Manzoor Akhtar 8-0-37-1; Mohammad Nawaz 7-0-30-1; Ijaz Ahmed Jr 1-0-13-1.
ALLIED BANK:
Mohammad Nawaz c Ahmed b Bilal 48
Usman Tariq c Nadeem b Shakeel 2
Ijaz Ahmed Jr c Ahmed b Imran 0
Wajahatullah Wasti run out 44
Manzoor Akhtar b Yasir 20
Taimur Khan not out 44
Aamir Hanif not out 1
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-5, W-23, NB-14) 43
TOTAL (for five wkts, 45 overs) 202
FALL OF WKTS: 1-17, 2-20, 3-124, 4-125, 5-200.
DID NOT BAT: Humayun Farhat, Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan, Arshad Khan, Aqib Javed.
BOWLING: Shakeel-ur-Rehman 10-3-18-1; Imran Durrani 9-0-40-1; Umair Khan 9-0-52-0; Raja Nadeem 3-0-24-0; Yasir Shah 4-0-21-1; Ibrahim Afridi 4-1-14-0; Bilal Marwat 6-0-27-1.
RESULT: Allied Bank won by five wickets.
UMPIRES: M. Nazir Jr and Rasheed Bhatti.
MATCH REFEREE: Ishtiaq Ahmed.
Results of other Pool ‘D’ matches:
*ADBP beat Islamabad by 102 runs at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi
ADBP 287-6 in 50 overs (Faisal Naveed 108, Inam-ul-Haq 74, Mansoor Rana 24, Zahoor Elahi 22; Saad Janjua 3-65, Ameer Khan 2-34);
ISLAMABAD 185 in 45.4 overs (Ameer Khan 56 not out, Hashim Khalil 46, Rauf Akbar 33; Tahir Mughal 3-28, Inam-ul-Haq 2-27, Mubashir Nazir 2-37, Javed Hayat 2-21).
*KRL beat Peshawar by seven wickets at Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
PESHAWAR 104 in 29.2 overs (Sajjad Ahmed 26; Yasir Arafat 4-28, Ali Naqvi 2-20, Mohammad Asif 2-24);
KRL 105-3 in 22.5 overs (Mohammad Wasim 50 not out; Nauman Habib 2-36).