LAHORE, April 20: A superb opening partnership of 144 between skipper Mohammad Hafeez and Kashif Siddique enabled PCB Whites beat PCB Greens by nine wickets in the other trial match at LCCA Ground on Sunday.
Hafeez opted to retire after making 75 with 13 boundaries off 90 balls while Kashif scored 54 as PCB Whites achieved their target of 233 in only 42.3 overs. It was PCB Whites’ third consecutive victory in the series.
Kashif hit six fours and a six in his 65-ball knock. Aamir Sajjad (41 off 51 balls with three fours) and Asif Hussain (43 off 55 balls with five fours and two sixes) led their side to victory.
Earlier, Naved Latif smashed 72 at run-a-ball and Khaqan Arsal hit exactly 50 off 80 deliveries that took PCB Greens to 229 for nine in 50 overs after Moin Khan elected to bat first at the toss. Naved laced his knock with seven fours and two sixes. Khaqan struck three boundaries.
Scoreboard
PCB GREENS:
Salman Butt c Yasir b Jaffar 4
Faisal Athar run out 20
Khaqan Arsal c Kashif b Hafeez 50
Naved Latif b Jaffar 72
Saeed bin Nasir st Kamran b Mansoor 4
Tahir Mughal b Hafeez 29
Moin Khan c Asif b Jaffar 19
Zahid Saeed run out 15
Yasir Shah b Yasir Arafat 0
Mohammad Khalil not out 2
Mohammad Umair not out 0
EXTRAS (LB-7, W-7) 14
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 50 overs) 229
FALL OF WKTS: 1-19, 2-49, 3-111, 4-120, 5-184, 6-188, 7-209, 8- 216, 9-228.
BOWLING: Jaffar Nazir 10-2-37-3; Najaf Shah 6-0-13-0; Yasir Arafat 9-0-40-1; Saad Janjua 4-0-27-0; Mansoor Amjad 10-0-53-1; Mohammad Hafeez 10-0-45-2; Kashif Siddique 1-0-7-0.
PCB WHITES:
Mohammad Hafeez retired 75
Kashif Siddique c Khaqan b Yasir 54
Aamir Sajjad not out 41
Asif Hussain not out 43
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-12, NB-6) 20
TOTAL (for one wkt, 42.3 overs) 233
FALL OF WKT: 1-44.
DID NOT BAT: Kamran Akmal, Yasir Arafat, Jaffar Nazir, Najaf Shah, Mansoor Amjad, Saad Janjua.
BOWLING: Mohammad Umair 6-2-40-0; Tahir Mughal 9-0-26-0; Mohammad Khalil 7-0-37-0; Zahid Saeed 7-1-32-0; Yasir Shah 6.3-0-41-1; Salman Butt 6-0-35-0; Saeed bin Nasir 1-0-20-0.
RESULT: PCB Whites won by nine wickets.
UMPIRES: Nazir Junior and Asad Rauf.