LAHORE, Nov 17: A gallant unbeaten knock by Naumanullah 54 helped PCB Reds score their third consecutive win in the Super League Ramazan Cup One-day Cricket Tournament, defeating PCB Blues by three wickets at Gaddafi Stadium Sunday.
Chasing a target of 224, PCB Reds achieved the victory by scoring 226 for seven with only four deliveries to spare when Naumanullah slammed pacer Umar Gul, who had earlier taken a hat trick, to the cover boundary.
PCB BLUES:
Imran Farhat c Khalid b Yasir 37
Salman Butt c Nauman b Waqar 13
Sajid Shah lbw b Waqar 0
Ijaz Ahmed Jr c and b Hafeez 42
Bilal Asad b Aqeel 13
Asim Munir c Waqar b Hafeez 26
Atiq-uz-Zaman run out 17
Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan lbw b Hafeez 1
Abdul Rehman c Saeed b Aqeel 38
Abdur Rauf b Faisal 4
Umar Gul not out 3
EXTRAS (B-5, LB-6, W-11, NB-7) 29
TOTAL (all out, 49.5 overs) 223
FALL OF WKTS: 1-30, 2-30, 3-95, 4-117, 5-128, 6-156, 7-158, 8-180, 9-186.
BOWLING: Faisal Afridi 8-2-19-1; Waqar Ahmed 5-0-37-2; Junaid Zia 5-0-19- 0; Yasir Arafat 9-0-42-1; Aqeel Ahmed 8.5-0-43-2; Mohammad Hafeez 10-1-25-3; Imran Nazir 4-0-27-0.
PCB REDS:
Imran Nazir c Atiq b Rehman 41
Mohammad Hafeez c Atiq b Rehman 49
Yasir Hameed c Atiq b Umar 7
Naumanullah not out 54
Saeed bin Nasir b Umar 0
Hafiz Khalid lbw b Umar 0
Yasir Arafat run out 14
Faisal Afridi b Naveed 37
Waqar Ahmed not out 9
EXTRAS (LB-8, W-5, NB-2) 15
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 49.2 overs) 226
FALL OF WKTS: 1-91, 2-102, 3-108, 4-108, 5-108, 6-138, 7-206.
DID NOT BAT: Aqeel Ahmed, Junaid Zia.
BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 8-0-40-0; Sajid Shah 10-0-38-0; Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 10-0-50-1; Abdul Rehman 10-1-32-2; Umar Gul 9.2-2-41-3; Imran Farhat 2-0-17-0.
RESULT: PCB Reds won by three wickets.
UMPIRES: Mian Aslam and Nadeem Ghauri.
MATCH REFEREE: Abdul Sami.
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: M. Hafeez.