KARACHI, Feb 15: Moin Khan, the former Pakistan captain, hit a superb century and leg-spinner Imran Tahir snapped up five wickets to put PIA in driving seat of their Patron's Trophy Pool 'A' tie against Wapda at the National Stadium on Tuesday.
Moin, sidelined by the national selectors for several months, hit 11 boundaries and two sixes on his way to 115 as PIA reached 338 after starting the day at their overnight score of 257 for six. The 33-year-old batted for 227 minutes and negotiated 150 deliveries.
Wapda, however, showed little stomach for a fight and were eventually bowled out for 148 in their first innings a few minutes before the end of the second day of their four-day match despite an opening stand of 47 between Adil Nisar and Atiq-ur-Rehman. The collapse was triggered by Imran Tahir, who claimed five for 49 in 22.3 overs.
SCOREBOARD
PIA (1st Innings, overnight 257-6):
Kamran Sajid c Atiq b Faisal 60
Ghulam Ali c Hasan b Farooq 24
Shoaib Khan c Aamir b Kashif 60
Asif Mujtaba c Ahmed Said b Farooq 18
Faisal Iqbal c Ahmed Said b Kashif 24
Moin Khan st Ahmed Said b Farooq 115
Zeeshan Pervez lbw b Faisal 0
Janisar Khan c Kashif b Faisal 11
Imran Tahir b Faisal 6
Najaf Shah c Aamir b Faisal 11
Aizaz bin Ilyas not out 0
EXTRAS (LB-2, NB-7) 9
TOTAL (all out, 118.2 overs) 338
FALL OF WKTS: 1-64, 2-128, 3-161, 4-165, 5-235, 6-240, 7-268,8-288, 9-336.
BOWLING: Sarfraz Ahmed 12.2-3-37-0; Kashif Raza 28.4-9-80-2; Faisal Irfan 26.2-3-73-5; Farooq Iqbal 35-7-105-5; Bilal Khilji 11-0-32-0; Hasan Adnan 2-0-4-0; Adil Nisar 3-0-7-0.
WAPDA (1st Innings):
Adil Nisar c Asif b Imran 25
Atiq-ur-Rehman c Aizaz b Janisar 38
Tariq Aziz lbw b Najaf 1
Hasan Adnan c Shoaib b Aizaz 1
Aamir Sajjad lbw b Najaf 31
Bilal Khilji lbw b Imran 0
Farooq Iqbal b Imran 2
Faisal Irfan st Moin b Imran 13
Kashif Raza c and b Asif 10
Sarfraz Ahmed not out 5
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-3, NB-6) 12
TOTAL (all out, 57.3 overs) 148
FALL OF WKTS: 1-47, 2-48, 3-62, 4-82, 5-102, 6-102, 7-114, 8-120, 9-142.
BOWLING: Najaf Shah 18-4-46-2; Janisar Khan 7-1-25-1; Kamran Sajid 3-0-10-0; Imran Tahir 22.3-5-49-5; Aizaz bin Ilyas 6-4-6-1; Asif Mujtaba 1-0-6-1. -APP