Multan Tigers, NBP match ends in tie
LAHORE, Feb 1: A fine all-round performance by Multan Tigers’ Imranullah Aslam was the centre-piece of their tied match against the strong National Bank in the Faysal Bank Division One National One-day Cup match at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Tuesday.
Imranullah (78) and Zain Abbas (122 off 117 balls with eight fours and four sixes) provided the Tigers an excellent opening start of 160, which guided them to 267 all out in 48.3 overs.
In reply, the bankers also made 267 all out on the last ball of their innings with Test reject Umar Amin scoring a run-a-ball 121 with 12 boundaries.
ZTBL, inspired by centuries from Babar Azam (132 off 132 balls, 12 fours) and Imran Nazir (114 off 68 balls, 19 fours and three sixes), thrashed Sialkot Stallions by 173 runs in Sialkot. ZTBL amassed 377-3 before bowling out the Stallions for 2-4.
In Faisalabad, fine bowling by Riffatullah and Mohammad Waheed, who shared six wickets between them, Wapda to a 53-run win over Faisalabad Wolves.
In other matches, Habib Bank outclassed Islamabad Leopards by 187 at the Diamond Club Ground with Imran Farhat blasting 164 off 138 balls (16 fours and four sixes), SNGPL defeating Rawalpindi Rams by 128 run in Rawalpindi while PIA crushed Karachi Dolphins by eight wickets at the Marghazar Cricket Ground in the federal capital
Results:
Division One:
Group ‘A’:
At Marghazar Cricket Ground, Islamabad: PIA beat Karachi Dolphins by eight wickets.
KARACHI DOLPHINS 193-8 in 50 overs (Owais Ahmed Rehmani 70, Tabish Khan 56; Agha Sabir 4-43, Anwar Ali 3-16); PIA 195-2 in 36.3 overs (Agha Sabir 106 not out, Faisal Iqbal 56 not out).
At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad: Habib Bank beat Islamabad Leopards by 187 runs.
HABIB BANK 351-4 in 50 overs (Imran Farhat 164, Saleem Elahi 85 not out, Shan Masood 36); ISLAMABAD LEOPARDS 164 in 49.1 overs (Kamran Hussain 44, Kashif Majeed 34; Sarmad Bhatti 3-26, Aslam Qureshi 3-28).
At Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium: SNGPL beat Rawalpindi Rams by 128 runs.
SNGPL 309-6 in 50 overs (Saleem Mughal 85 not out, Imran Khalid 67 not out, Raza Ali Dar 52; Haseeb Azam 2-56, Naved Malik 2-62); RAWALPINDI RAMS 181 in 47.4 overs (Babar Naeem 72, Jamal Anwar 45 not out; Zulqarnain 2-19, Imran Khalid 2-37).
Group ‘B’:
At Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore: National Bank v Multan Tigers – match tied.
MULTAN TIGERS 267 in 48.3 overs (Zain Abbas 122, Imranullah Aslam 78; Mohammad Talha 4-24, Uzair-u;-Haq 3-59); NATIONAL BANK 267 in 50 overs (Umar Amin 121, Amin-ur-Rehman 39, Uzair-ul-Haq 32; Imranullah Aslam 4-32).
At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: Wapda beat Faisalabad Wolves by 53 runs.
WAPDA 181-9 in 50 overs (Bilal Khilji 61 not out, Mohammad Waheed 41, Nawaz Sardar 30; Mohammad Ashraf 4-31); FAISALABAD WOLVES 128 in 42.2 overs (Hasan Mahmood 55; Riffatullah Mohmand 3-16, Mohammad Waheed 3-28).
At Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot: ZTBL beat Sialkot Stallions by 173 runs.ZTBL 377-3 in 50 overs (Babar Azam 132 not out, Imran Nazir 114, Shahid Yousuf 83); 204 in 42.5 overs (M. Ayub Dogar 69, Rizwan Sultan 39; Junaid Zia 3-17, Mohammad Khalil 3-40).