Naved's blitz guides Whites' to victory

A sparkling undefeated 89 by Naved Latif helped PCB Whites cantered to a convincing six-wicket win against PCB Blues in the Super League One-day Ramazan Cup Cricket Tournament at Gaddafi Stadium Wednesday.

Chasing a target of 202, Naved, who got good support from Farhan Adil (49), led PCB Whites home in scoring 205 for four in 42.2 to earn their second win in the tournament.

The third-wicket stand between Naved and Farhan produced 95 runs. Naved, in aggressive mood, smashed six sixes and five fours in his 69-ball innings. He was adjudged Manof-the-Match and got Rs 5,000. He also pocketed Rs 2,000 for hitting most sixes.

Farhan laced his knock with three boundaries.

Earlier, batting first, PCB Blues lost their last eight wickets for 84 runs after opener Babar Naeem and Salman Butt added 105 for the second wicket.

Babar struck a fine 75 off 90 deliveries with the aid of 10 fours and a brace of sixes. Salman, the left-hander, made a sedate 41 off 91 balls with two hits to the fence.

Test leg-spinner Danish Kaneria bowled beautifully to capture three for 37. Pacer Fazle Akbar claimed two for 20 in 10 overs while slow left-armer Qaiser Abbas chipped in with two for 56.

Babar was given Rs 2,000 for hitting most number of boundaries.

Scoreboard

PCB BLUES:

Imran Farhat lbw b Fazle 2

Babar Naeem c Farhan b Kaneria 75

Salman Butt st Moin b Qaiser 41

Ijaz Ahmed Jr c Zahid b Kaneria 4

Bilal Asad c Naved b Kaneria 12

Asim Munir c and b Qaiser 0

Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan lbw b Tahir 5

Atiq-uz-Zaman run out 15

Abdul Rehman lbw b Fazle 21

Abdur Rauf c Tahir b Zahid 2

Umar Gul not out 9

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-6, W-5) 15

TOTAL (all out, 49.1 overs) 201

FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-117, 3-130, 4-134, 5-134, 6-146, 7-154, 8-185, 9-191.

BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 10-2-20-2; Tahir Mughal 10-0-32-1; Zahid Saeed 9.1-0-47-1; Danish Kaneria 10-0-37-3; Qaiser Abbas 10-0-56-2.

PCB WHITES:

Shadab Kabir c Bilal b Naveed 27

Riffatullah c Asim b Rehman 30

Farhan Adil c Salman b Rehman 49

Naved Latif not out 89

Shahid Qambrani c Atiq b Rauf 1

Qaiser Abbas not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-6, NB-2) 9

TOTAL (for four wkts, 42.2 overs) 205

FALL OF WKTS: 1-36, 2-77, 3-172, 4-187.

DID NOT BAT: Moin Khan, Tahir Mughal, Zahid Saeed, Fazle Akbar, Danish Kaneria.

BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 10-1-36-1; Umar Gul 10-0-42-0; Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 5-1-16-1; Abdul Rahman 10-1-47-2; Babar Naeem3-0-13-0; Imran Farhat 4-0-40-0;Salman Butt 0.2-0-10-0.