KARACHI, March 26: Kamran Akmal, the National Bank wicket-keeper who was recently called up for the Pakistan camp, struck 80 off 73 balls to help his side coast to an easy seven-wicket win over Pakistan Customs in the Group-II final round match of the one-day cricket championship at Iqbal Stadium Tuesday.
According to details available from Faisalabad, Kamran stroked 13 fours as National Bank reached their target in 35.3 overs. He was adjudged Man-of-the-Match.
Earlier, Customs were bowled out for 200 in 49.5 overs after being sent into bat. Azhar Shafiq top-scored with 69 off 81 deliveries with eight boundaries.
Lanky speedster Shabbir Ahmed captured four for 27 while all-rounder Qaiser Abbas took three for 41 with his slow left-armers.
PAKISTAN CUSTOMS:
Agha Sabir c Kamran b Shabbir 1
Azhar Shafiq lbw b Qaiser 69
Kashif Siddique c Khalid b Zahid 14
Asim Kamal b Javed 0
Aamir Bashir run out 14
Aamir Iqbal c Naeem b Qaiser 2
Nisar Abbas c Zahid b Shabbir 40
Salman Fazal c Kamran b Qaiser 2
Nadeem Javed not out 28
Tabish Nawab b Shabbir 0
Waqas Chughtai c Javed b Shabbir 4
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-7, W-15, NB-3) 26
TOTAL (all out, 49.5 overs) 200
FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-54, 3-56, 4-91, 5-116, 6-137, 7-138, 8-190, 9-191.
BOWLING: Shabbir Ahmed 9.5-2-27-4; Zahid Saeed 9-2-37-1; Mohammad Javed 8-0-41-1; Hanif-ur-Rehman 10-0-34-0; Qaiser Abbas10-1-4103; Naeem Khan 3-0-12-0.
NATIONAL BANK:
Kamran Akmal b Salman 80
Hanif-ur-Rehman c A. Iqbal b Waqas 35
Qaiser Abbas c A. Bashir b Salman 37
Naumanullah not out 25
Akhtar Sarfraz not out 14
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-10, NB-1) 13
TOTAL (for three wkts, 35.3 overs) 204
FALL OF WKTS: 1-62, 2-149, 3-168.
DID NOT BAT: Sajid Ali, Khalid Latif, Mohammad Javed, Naeem Khan, Shabbir Ahmed, Zahid Saeed.
BOWLING: Waqas Chughtai 10-1-58-1; Nadeem Javed 4-0-33-0; Salman Fazal 8-1-34-2; Azhar Shafiq 2-0-14-0; Tabish Nawab 6-1-29-0; Kashif Siddique 3-0-13-0; Nisar Abbas 2.3-0-21-0.
RESULT: NBP won by seven wickets.
UMPIRES: Z.I. Pasha, Nazir Jr.
MATCH REFEREE: Musaddeq Rasool.
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Kamran Akmal.