KARACHI, April 10: Skipper Imran Farhat, the discarded left-handed Pakistan opener, blasted a 65-ball century but his big-hitting display was not enough to take Habib Bank into the semifinals of the Patron’s Cup on Sunday.
The bankers raced to their 205-run target in only 24.1 overs but failed to achieve a superior run-rate to oust Customs from reaching the last-four stage of the one-day tournament.
Imran’s belligerent knock included 17 fours and four sixes.
| Scoreboard for DHA: |
| Asif Zakir b Sajid 0 |
| Aamir Iqbal c Riffat b Taufiq 72 |
| Mohtashim Ali c Farhan Iqbal b Sajid 0 |
| Faisal Khan c Aftab b Waqas 9 |
| Mohammad Farrukh b Fahad 12 |
| Wajid Ali c Riffat b Imran 29 |
| Iqbal Imam c Imran b Sajid 28 |
| Rizwan Qureshi lbw b Sajid 35 |
| Azam Hussain b Sajid 5 |
| Atif Maqbool run out 0 |
| Rajesh Ramesh not out 3
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| EXTRAS (LB-1, W-5, NB-2) 8 |
| TOTAL (all out, 48 overs) 203 |
| FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-0, 3-36, 4-58, 5-125, 6-129, 7-190, 8-190, 9-198. |
| DID NOT BAT: (Shakeelur Rahman). |
| BOWLING: Sajid Shah 8-1-34-5; Waqas Chughtai 6-1-17-1; Fahad Masood 9-0-37-1; Abdul Rahman 7-0-26-0; Imran Farhat 7-0-34-1; Taufiq Umar 6-0-32-1; Aftab khan 2-0-9-0. |
| Scoreboard for HABIB BANK: |
| Imran Farhat st Mohtashim b Atif 108 |
| Taufiq Umar lbw b Shakeel 21 |
| Riffatullah Mohmand not out 68 |
| Farhan Adil not out 4 |
| EXTRAS (W-4) 4 |
| TOTAL (for two wkts, 24.1 overs) 205 |
| FALL OF WKTS: 1-59, 3-176. |
| DID NOT BAT: Aftab Khan, Khaqan Arsal, Salman Qadir, Abdul Rahman, Sajid shah, Farhan Iqbal, Fahad Masood, (Waqas Chughtai). |
| BOWLING: Rajesh Ramesh 5-0-46-0; Shakeelur Rahman 5-0-41-1; Atif Maqbool 7.1-0-54-1; Azam Hussain 5-0-47-0; Rizwan Qureshi 2-0-17-0. |
| RESULT: Habib bank won by eight wickets. |
| UMPIRES: Mian Aslam and Siddique Khan. |
| MATCH REFEREE: Abdul Sami Khan. |