KARACHI, Dec 31: Injury-hit PIA were facing certain defeat after setting PTCL a moderate target of 95 runs in the Patron's Trophy Pool 'A' match at National Stadium on Wednesday.

After conceding a first innings lead of 21, PIA struggled to 116 in their second outing with Bazid Khan unable to bat since he was hospitalized with fever and stomach disorder. Riaz Afridi, the PTCL pacer, claimed four for 45 to finish with a match haul of 10 for 113.

Scoreboard

PIA (1st Innings) 218 (Kamran Sajid 72; Riaz Afridi 6-68).

PTCL (1st Innings, overnight 220-8):

Aqeel Mukhtar c Ahmed Zeeshan b Najaf 27

Babar Naeem lbw b Ali Gohar 4

Mohammad Fayyaz c Mahmood b Aizaz 65

Ashar Zaidi c and b Kamran 8

Shahzad Malik c Mahmood b Najaf 27

Mohammad Hussain b Najaf 23

Zulqarnain Haider not out 47

Jawwad Hameed lbw b Kamran 7

Riaz Afridi b Kamran 0

Yasin Bari c Ahmed Zeeshan b Kamran 8

Nauman Habib run out 6

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-7, NB-5) 17

TOTAL (all out, 84.5 overs) 239

FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-67, 3-107, 4-121, 5-159, 6-176, 7-177, 8-197, 9-225.

BOWLING: Najaf Shah 31.5-4-83-3 (1nb); Ali Gohar 24-4-56-1 (4nb); Aizaz bin Ilyas 13-2-43-1; Kamran Sajid 16-2-45-4.

PIA (2nd Innings):

Kamran Sajid c Aqeel b Riaz 4

Ghulam Ali c Jawwad b Yasin 25

Mahmood Hamid c Zulqarnain b Riaz 0

Asif Mujtaba c Ashar b Riaz 23

Zahid Fazal c Babar b Yasin 4

Ahmed Zeeshan Malik lbw b Yasin 2

Saqlain Mushtaq c Zulqarnain b Riaz 36

Aizaz bin Ilyas c Ashar b Hussain 1

Najaf Shah run out 1

Ali Gohar not out 2

Bazid Khan absent ill

EXTRAS (B-6, LB-10, NB-2) 18

TOTAL (all out, 56.5 overs) 116

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-10, 3-68, 4-72, 5-74, 6-75, 7-93, 8-102, 9-116.

BOWLING: Riaz Afridi 27.5-14-45-4; Nauman Habib 2-0-8-0 (2nb); Yasin Bari 18-7-33-3; Mohammad Hussain 9-5-14-1.

PTCL (2nd Innings):

Babar Naeem b Ali Gohar 4

Aqeel Mukhtar not out 17

Mohammad Fayyaz c Saqlain b Aizaz 32

Jawwad Hameed not out 0

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-1, NB-2) 7

TOTAL (for two wkts, 21.1 overs) 60

FALL OF WKTS: 1-7, 2-60.

BOWLING (to-date); Najaf Shah 5.1-1-18-0; Ali Gohar 8-4-12-1 (2nb); Kamran Sajid 4-0-13-0; Aizaz bin Ilyas 4-0-12-0.