KARACHI, Feb 26: Yasir Hameed continued his dream run with the bat to score a superb 109, which helped PIA beat Pakistan Customs by 70 runs in the opening Pool ‘B’ match of the NBP One-day Patron’s Cup at National Stadium here on Wednesday.
Yasir, who made a career-best 207 in the final of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy last week, struck nine fours in his 139-ball knock as PIA piled up 299 for eight in their 50 overs. Bazid also excelled with a rapid 50 off only 34 balls, stroking a brace of sixes and four fours.
Customs, in reply, were restricted to 229 for eight despite half-centuries by skipper Aamir Bashir (63 off 72 balls, eight fours) and Asif Iqbal (555 off 90 balls, three fours).
Pakistan discard Shoaib Malik picked up four for 37 with his off-spinners.
In other matches of this pool, Karachi Whites crushed Dadu by eight wickets while Lahore Blues defeated Bahawalpur by four wickets.
Scoreboard
PIA:
Kamran Sajid c Aamir Iqbal b Waqar 3
Ghulam Ali c Shadab b Rauf 16
Yasir Hameed st Aamir Iqbal b Tabish 109
Asif Mujtaba c Rauf b Nisar 48
Faisal Iqbal st Aamir Iqbal b Nisar 15
Bazid Khan c Salman b Tabish 50
Shoaib Malik st Aamir Iqbal b Nisar 2
Moin Khan not out 22
Nadeem Khan c Shadab b Tabish 1
Umar Gul not out 0
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-9, W-11, NB-12) 33
TOTAL (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 299
FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 2-48, 3-153, 4-185, 5-267, 6-271, 7-276, 8-293.
DID NOT BAT: Najaf Shah.
BOWLING: Abdul Rauf 7-0-24-1; Waqar Ahmed 5-0-29-1; Imran Ali 8-1-51-0; Tabish Nawab 10-0-57-3; Salman Fazal 10-0-60-0; Nisar Abbas 8-0-58-3; Shadab Kabir 2-0-10-0.
PAKISTAN CUSTOMS:
Shadab Kabir b Najaf 12
Azhar Shafiq c Moin b Najaf 1
Asif Iqbal c Bazid b Shoaib 55
Aamir Bashir c Najaf b Asif 63
Nisar Abbas c Ghulam Ali b Shoaib 33
Aamir Iqbal c Bazid b Shoaib 17
Waqar Ahmed c Bazid b Nadeem 8
Abdul Rauf c Ghulam Ali b Shoaib 1
Salman Fazal not out 15
Tabish Nawab not out 9
EXTRAS (LB-7, W-8) 15
TOTAL (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 229
FALL OF WKTS: 1-7, 2-23, 3-137, 4-153, 5-192, 6-196, 7-199, 8-212.
DID NOT BAT: Imran Ali.
BOWLING: Umar Gul 7-0-36-0; Najaf Shah 7-0-24-2; Shoaib Malik 10-0-37-4; Nadeem Khan 10-0-54-1; Asif Mujtaba 10-1-31-1; Bazid Khan 2-0-20-0; Kamran Sajid 4-0-20-0.
RESULT: PIA won by 70 runs.
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Yasir Hameed.
Results of other Pool ‘B’ matches:
*At UBL Sports Complex, Karachi:
Karachi Whites beat Dadu by eight wickets.
DADU 95 in 29.4 overs (Abid Baloch 37; Mohammad Hasnain 3-22, Imranullah 3-43, Tabish Khan 2-19);
KARACHI WHITES 96-2 in 17.4 overs (Agha Sabir 55 not out).
*At NBP Sports Complex, Karachi:
Lahore Blues beat Bahawalpur by four wickets.
BAHAWALPUR 151 in 42.1 overs (Kamran Hussain 29; Khurram Chauhan 3-22, Babar Ali 3-26);
LAHORE BLUES 152-6 in 39.3 overs (Sohail Idrees 65; Amjad Jam 2-35, Imranullah 2-36).
Our Sports Correspondent adds from Lahore:
Habib Bank, Multan and Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) emerged winners in the first round of Pool ‘A’ matches.
Habib Bank defeated Wapda by 31 runs at Gymkhana Club in Okara, Multan got the better of Sargodha by six wickets at Multan Cricket Stadium and ZTBL prevailed over Gujranwala by seven wickets at Jinnah Stadium in Gujranwala.
Results:
*At Gymkhana Club, Okara:
Habib Bank beat Wapda by 31 runs.
HABIB BANK 217 in 49.5 overs (Farhan Adil 44, Riffatullah 34, Atiq-uz-Zaman 32, Hasan Raza 31; Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 2-43, Aqeel Ahmed 2-41, Ijaz Mahmood 2-32);
WAPDA 186 in 47.1 overs (Hasan Adnan 63; Akram Raza 3-22, Shahid Nazir 2-37, Irfan Fazal 2-37, Danish 2-43).
*At Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan:
Multan beat Sargodha by six wickets.
SARGODHA 184-8 in 50 overs (Mohammad Hafeez 41, Abid Hasnain 67; Azhar Abbas 3-40, Farhan Abbasi 2-33, Ali Niazi 2-21);
MULTAN 185-4 in 44.4 overs (Shahid Nasim 59, Zeeshan Khan 51).
*At Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala:
ZTBL beat Gujranwala by seven wickets.
GUJRANWALA 119 in 43.4 overs (Rana Qayyum-ul-Hasan 28; Rao Iftikhar 3-17, Javed Hayat 3-15, Fahad Masood 2-23);
ZTBL 122-3 in 29.3 overs (Raheel Majeed 49, Imran Abbas 38; Aamir Wasim 2-36).