April 03, 2008	Thursday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 25, 1429

LAHORE, April 2: A fine century by opener Nasir Jamshed propelled National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) to a 26-run win against Rawalpindi Rams in a high-scoring Super Eight Group ‘A’ match of the National One-day Cup at the Sheikhupura Stadium on Wednesday.

Nasir cracked 14 boundaries and four sixes in scoring 128 off 115 balls as the bankers reached 319 for four in 50 overs.

But in reply, the Rams fought well through a fine opening stand between Umar Amin and Babar Naeem in chasing a tough target, until they were dismissed in the 49th over for 293.

Umar (60 off 69 balls, nine fours) and Babar (55 off 39 balls, nine fours and two sixes) provided a fine start of 106.

Earlier, Nasir and fellow left-hander Salman Butt (58, seven fours) had given the bankers a similar launching pad by adding 143 for the first wicket.

Scoreboard

NATIONAL BANK:

Salman Butt c Yasim b Naved 58

Nasir Jamshed c Adnan b Yasim 128

Kamran Akmal c Awais b Yasim 33

Naumanullah c Umar b Yasim 18

Fawad Alam not out 39

Shahid Yousuf not out 18

EXTRAS (LB-2, W-22, NB-1) 25

TOTAL (for four wkts, 50 overs) 319

FALL OF WKTS: 1-143, 2-235, 245, 4-272.

DID NOT BAT: Qaiser Abbas, Mansoor Amjad, Wahab Riaz, Irfanuddin, Uzair-ul-Haq.

BOWLING: Yasir Ali 8-0-33-0 (2w); Mohammad Aamir 10-0-56-0 (1nb, 1w); Mohammad Ramiz 8-0-64-0 (13w); Yasim Murtaza 10-0-58-3 (2w); Naveed Qureshi 5-0-35-1 (2w); Babar Naeem 9-0-71-0 (2w).

RAWALPINDI RAMS:

Umar Amin c Salman b Irfan 60

Babar Naeem c Nasir b Irfan 55

Usman Saeed c sub Rashid b Qaiser 41

Naved Qureshi c Nauman b Qaiser 27

Adnan Mufti c Mansoor b Qaiser 25

Awais Zia b Mansoor 4

Yasim Murtaza c Wahab b Mansoor 3

Sajid Mahmood c Fawad b Wahab 35

Mohammad Rameez st Kamran b Irfan 5

Yasir Ali run out 3

Mohammad Aamir not out 12

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-3, W-19) 23

TOTAL (all out, 48.2 overs) 293

FALL OF WKTS: 1-106, 2-143, 3-186, 4-218, 5-232, 6-232, 7-238, 8-259, 9-265.

BOWLING: Wahab Riaz 8.2-0-49-1 (2w); Uzair-ul-Haq 6-0-48-0 (6w); Irfanuddin 10-1-69-3 (7w); Fawad Alam 5-0-32-0; Qaiser Abbas 9-0-37-3; Mansoor Amjad 10-0-54-2 (4w).

RESULT: National Bank won by 26 runs.

UMPIRES: Rasheed Bhatti and Zaheer Ahmed.

MATCH REFEREE: Mohammad Anees.

MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Nasir Jamshed.