KARACHI, Feb 17: PIA cantered to their first win in the Patron's Trophy Pool 'A' despite a maiden first-class century by Wapda's Faisal Irfan at the National Stadium on Thursday.
Needing 175 in possible 79 overs, PIA reached their target with more than 25 overs to spare while losing only two wickets. Kamran Sajid, the left-handed opener, led the run chase with an unbeaten 74 to follow his 60 in the first innings.
Earlier, Faisal, who resumed at his overnight score of 83, duly completed his century in 103 minutes off just 66 deliveries. His sizzling innings contained 12 fours and four sixes.
Wapda were eventually all out for 364 after starting the final day of the four-day fixture at 338 for eight. Left-arm pace man Najaf Shah clean bowled Faisal for 103 to finish with impressive figures of five for 68 in 31.5 overs.
PIA, who picked up maximum nine points, were also served well by Shoaib Khan. The right-hander made 41 during a second-wicket partnership of 72 with Kamran. He hit seven boundaries. Test reject Faisal Iqbal finished on 26 not out.
SCOREBOARD
PIA (1st Innings) 338 (Moin Khan 115, Kamran Sajid 60, Shoaib Khan 60; Faisal Irfan 5-73).
WAPDA (1st Innings) 148 (Imran Tahir 5-49).
WAPDA (2nd Innings, overnight 328-8):
Adil Nisar c Ghulam Ali b Janisar 1
Atiqur Rehman c Asif b Najaf 45
Tariq Aziz lbw b Aizaz 28
Hasan Adnan b Aizaz 68
Aamir Sajjad c Zeeshan b Imran 27
Bilal Khilji lbw b Najaf 17
Ahmed Said b Janisar 25
Sarfraz Ahmed b Najaf 8
Farooq Iqbal c Faisal b Najaf 9
Faisal Irfan b Najaf 102
Kashif Raza not out 3
EXTRAS (B-8, LB-12, W-1, NB-10) 31
TOTAL (all out, 98.3 overs) 364
FALL OF WKTS: 1-15, 2-59, 3-113, 4-181, 5-201, 6-205, 7-224, 8-236, 9-360.
BOWLING: Najaf Shah 31.3-9-68-5 (1nb); Janisar Khan 14-1-89-2; Aizaz Cheema 14-5-48-2 (2nb); Imran Tahir 25-3-91-1 (6nb); Asif Mujtaba 14-4-48-0.
PIA (2nd Innings):
Kamran Sajid not out 74
Ghulam Ali b Farooq 19
Shoaib Khan c and b Kashif 41
Faisal Iqbal not out 26
EXTRAS (B-2, LB-5, NB-8) 15
TOTAL (for two wkts, 53.3 overs) 175
FALL OF WKTS: 1-30, 2-102.
BOWLING: Kashif Raza 16-4-26-1; Faisal Irfan 13-2-36-0 (6nb); Sarfraz Ahmed 2-0-14-0; Farooq Iqbal 17-0-71-1; Bilal Khilji 1-1-0-0; Hasan Adnan 3.3-0-18-0; Tariq Aziz 1-0-3-0 (2nb).
UMPIRES: Riazuddin and Siddique Khan.
MATCH REFEREE: Anwar Khan. -APP