KARACHI, March 12: Pak PWD scored a thrilling victory by a solitary wicket in the one-day championship’s Pool ‘B’ fixture against Gujranwala at Jinnah Stadium Tuesday.
Chasing 260, PWD were three short of the target when the ninth wicket fell. But last man Nadeem Iqbal ensured victory in the company of veteran wicket-keeper Mutahir Shah.
GUJRANWALA:
Faisal Butt c Riaz b Iqbal Imam 58
Ehtesham Younis c Mutahir b Tanvir 2
Atiq-ur-Rehman run out 61
Kamran Younis b Tanvir 52
Tariq Javed b Nadeem 39
Hafiz Khalid run out 8
Basit Murtaza not out 4
Kashif Hafeez b Nadeem 0
Adnan Farooq not out 7
EXTRAS (LB-8, W-17, NB-2) 27
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 259
FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-122, 3-150, 4-226, 5-248, 6-248, 7-251.
DID NOT BAT: Saad Butt, M. Rehan.
BOWLING: Tanvir Ahmed 10-0-58-2; Nadeem Iqbal 8-0-36-2; Bilal Asad 7-0-34-0; Fahim Ahmed Sr 10-0-38-0; Riaz Shaikh 8-0-39-0; Iqbal Imam 7-0-46-1.
PAK PWD:
Bazid Khan c Khalid b Ehtesham 42
Imran Khan c Atiq b Ehtesham 18
Bilal Asad st Khalid b Kamran 57
Afsar Nawaz c Khalid b Ehtesham 6
Saad Wasim lbw b Adnan 41
Iqbal Imam lbw b Rehan 2
Riaz Shaikh b Rehan 8
Fahim Ahmed Sr c Basit b Tariq 42
Tanvir Ahmed c Basit b Kamran 19
Mutahir Shah not out 0
Nadeem Iqbal not out 2
EXTRAS (B-8, LB-4, W-7, NB-4) 23
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 49 overs) 260
FALL OF WKTS: 1-46, 2-87, 3-104, 4-148, 5-159, 6-176, 7-216, 8-257, 9-257.
BOWLING: Adnan Farooq 9-0-52-1; Saad Butt 5-0-31-0; Ehtesham Younis 10-1-39-3; Kashif Hafeez 1-0-9-0; Kamran Younis 10-0-48-2; Mohammad Rehman 10-0-50-2; Tariq Javed 4-0-19-1.
UMPIRES: Athar Zaidi and Saifullah.
MATCH REFEREE: Azmat Rana.
Results of other Pool ‘B’ matches:
*Karachi Blues beat Rest of Balochistan by two wickets at Lahore Country Club, Muridke
REST OF BALOCHISTAN 199-9 in 50 overs (Mohtashim Ali 51, Ali Ahmed 34, Aqil Baloch 31; Mansoor Khan 3-29, Ariz Kamal 2-9);
KARACHI BLUES 200-8 in 49.5 overs (Mansoor Khan 41, Shahid Dawood 35, Jaffar Qureshi 27 not out; Mian Nafees 4-39).
*National Bank beat Sialkot by 79 runs at Saga Ground, Sialkot
NATIONAL BANK 270-6 in 50 overs (Sajid Ali 99 not out, Hanif-ur-Rehman 37, Naumanullah 27, Mohammad Javed 24 not out, Akhtar Sarfraz 23; Zaman Haider 2-33, Sajjad-ul-Haq 2-47);
SIALKOT 191 in 47.4 overs (Shahzad Malik 47, Faisal Khan 44, Sajjad-ul-Haq 36, Ovais Malik 22; Qaiser Abbas 3-26, Shabbir Ahmed 2-27, Hanif-ur-Rehman 2-43).