KARACHI, April 4: A fine teamwork inspired KRL to a four-wicket victory over defending Patron’s Cup champions Habib Bank in the Pool ‘B’ fixture at the KRL Stadium in Rawalpindi on Monday. Wicket-keeper Shahbaz Butt led the way with 81 off 68 balls while dominating a match-winning partnership of 90 with Intikhab Alam (42 off 45 balls) after KRL had lost six wickets for 214 in pursuit of a target of 300. But Shahbaz, who hit eight fours and two sixes, denied the bankers their second win in two days.
Scoreboard
HABIB BANK:
Imran Farhat c Intikhab b S. Ajmal 49
Taufiq Umar b Faisal 23
Riffatullah c Intikhab b S. Ajmal 34
Farhan Adil c S. bin Nasir b S. Anwar 55
Aftab Khan c Asif b Ali Naqvi 45
Khaqan Arsal not out 42
Salman Qadir run out 21
Abdul Rahman c Saleem b S. Ajmal 1
Irfan Fazil lbw b Jaffar 0
Sajid Shah c Faisal b Jaffar 0
Farhan Iqbal not out 2
EXTRAS (LB-3, W-24) 27
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 299
FALL OF WKTS:
(1-68, 2-115, 3-133, 4-222, 5-234, 6-292, 7-295, 8-295, 9-295 )
DID NOT BAT: (Fahad Masood).
BOWLING: Jaffar Nazir 6-0-38-2 (4w); Faisal Afridi 10-0-58-1 (7w); Saad Janjua 4-0-32-0 (9w);
Ali Naqvi 10-0-66-1 (1w); Saeed Ajmal 10-0-53-3 (2w); Saeed Anwar Jr 10-0-49-1 (1w).
KRL:
Mohammad Saleem b Fahad 1
Saeed Anwar Jr c Riffat b Irfan 46
Saad Janjua run out 1
Saeed bin Nasir c Farhan Adil b Fahad 54
Ali Naqvi c Fahad b Aftab 61
Ashraf Ali lbw b Salman 4
Shahbaz Butt not out 81
Intikhab Alam not out 42
EXTRAS (W-9, NB-11) 20
TOTAL (for six wkts, 48.1 overs) 304
FALL OF WKTS:
(1-5, 2-9, 3-72, 4-138, 5-150, 6-214 )
DID NOT BAT: Jaffar Nazir, Faisal Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, (Asif Iqbal).
BOWLING: Sajid Shah 8-1-40-0 (1nb); Fahad Masood 10-1-67-2 (5nb, 6w); Irfan Fazil 3-0-41-1 (5nb, 1w);
Abdul Rahman 8-0-42-0 (1w); Salman Qadir 5-0-25-1; Imran Farhat 9-0-53-0 (1w); Aftab Khan 5-0-30-1;
Taufiq Umar 0.1-0-6-0.
UMPIRES: M. Nazir Jr and Z.I. Pasha.
MATCH REFEREE: Khateeb Rizwan.