KARACHI, April 8: Pakistan Customs returned to the top of Pool ‘B’ standings in the Patron’s Cup after defeating National Bank by 81 runs at the Gymkhana Ground in Okara on Friday.
By virtue of their third win in for matches, Customs are almost through to the semifinal stage.
Off-spinner Murtaza Hussain grabbed four for 45 as National Bank were all out for 212 after Customs had made 293 for eight. Fawad Alam top-scored for the winners with 69 off 73 balls.
Scoreboard
PAKISTAN CUSTOMS:
Kashif Siddique c Nauman b Wasim 38
M. Ali Niazi lbw b Wasim 8
Azhar Shafiq c Rashid b Qaiser 55
Shahid Siddique run out
2
Naseem Khan lbw b Wasim 0
Afsar Nawaz lbw b Zahid 49
Fawad Khan b Nauman 69
Kamran Hussain lbw b Nauman 34
Hanif Malik not out 13
Murtaza Hussain not out 12
EXTRAS (LB-6, W-7) 13
TOTAL (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 293
FALL OF WKTS: 1-18, 2-65, 3-71, 4-72, 5-127, 6-184, 7-263, 8-265.
DID NOT BAT:
Majid Majeed, (Imran Ali).
BOWLING: Zahid Saeed 10-0-54-1 (1w); Wasim Khan 9-0-50-3 (1w); Aleem Musa 5-0-44-0 (2w); Irfanuddin 8-0-50-0; Qaiser Abbas 10-0-40-1; Rahman Qadir 5-0-33-0; Naumanullah 3-0-16-2 (3w).
NATIONAL BANK:
Rashid Riaz lbw b Kamran 10
Sajid Ali c Kamran b Murtaza 43
Nasir Jamshed c Kashif b Imran 8
Naumanullah c Kashif b Murtaza 42
Qaiser Abbas c Ali Niazi b Majid 13
Akhtar Sarfraz not out 28
Mohammad Javed run out
1
Rahman Qadir b Murtaza 0
Wasim Khan lbw b Murtaza 2
Zahid Saeed c Hanif b Kashif 45
Irfanuddin c Imran b Fawad 2
EXTRAS (B-5, LB-10, W-3) 18
TOTAL (all out, 46.4 overs) 212
FALL OF WKTS: 1-32, 2-47, 3-110, 4-116, 5-136, 6-138, 7-139, 8-144, 9-209.
DID NOT BAT: (Aleem Musa).
BOWLING: Kamran Hussain 8-2-26-1; Imran Ali 5-0-26-1; Kashif Siddique 7-0-36-1; Fawad Alam 6.4-0-24-1; Murtaza Hussain 10-0-45-4; Majid Majeed 10-0-40-1 (3w).
UMPIRES: Iftikhar Malik and Ijaz Ahmed.
MATCH REFEREE: Khalid Niazi.