KARACHI, April 4: A superb opening stand of 173 between Babar Naeem and Irfan Haider laid the foundation of PTCL’s crushing eight-wicket win against KPT in the Patron’s Cup Pool ‘A’ match at the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad on Monday. Babar stroked 10 fours and three sixes in scoring 86 off 81 balls, while Irfan’s unbeaten 83 off 95 balls with 11 boundaries helped PTCL overhauled KPT’s 216 with more than 18 overs to spare.
Scoreboard
KPT:
Maisam Hasnain b Yasin 17
Shadab Kabir c Adnan b Tabish 49
Ahmer Saeed b Tabish 26
Ariz Kamal c Hussain b Tabish 3
Fahadullah lbw b Shiraz 16
Saad Wasim st Adnan b Hussain 31
Rashid Hanif c and b Hussain 30
Javed Qadeer not out 17
Nadeem Javed c Yasin b Hussain 0
Mansoor Ahmed c Fayyaz b Babar 0
Mohammad Hasnain not out 1
EXTRAS (LB-9, W-13, NB-4) 26
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 216
FALL OF WKTS:
( 1-28, 2-100, 3-109, 4-112, 5-134, 6-196, 7-201, 8-201, 9-202 )
DID NOT BAT: (Fahad Khan).
BOWLING: Yasin Bari 3-0-19-1 (1nb); M. Usman 2.2-0-20-0 (5w);
Babar Naeem 9.4-0-48-1 (1nb); Jawwad Hameed 9-0-28-0 (2w); M. Hussain 10-2-25-3 (1w);
Tabish Nawab 10-0-42-3 (1w); Shiraz Khalid 6-1-25-1 (2nb).
PTCL:
Babar Naeem c Nadeem b Ariz 86
Irfan Haider not out 83
Mohammad Fayyaz b Rashid 4
Shahzad Malik not out 17
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-16, NB-9) 27
TOTAL (for two wkts, 31.2 overs) 217
FALL OF WKTS:
( 1-173, 2-181 )
DID NOT BAT: Naved Latif, Mohammad Hussain, Adnan Naved, Jawwad Hameed,
Yasin Bari, Mohammad Usman, (Tabish Nawab).
BOWLING: Mohammad Hasnain 2.3-0-29-0 (2nb, 4w); Nadeem Javed 4-0-22-0 (1nb, 4w);
Maisam Hasnain 1.3-0-17-0 (1nb, 2w); Fahad Khan 2-0-19-0 (2nb); Ariz Kamal 10-0-35-1 (2w);
Mansoor Ahmed 4-0-45-0 (3nb); Rashid Hanif 6.2-0-41-1 (1w); Shadab Kabir 1-0-7-0 (1w).
UMPIRES: Shakeel Khan and Islam Khan.
MATCH REFEREE: Munawwar Agha.