Four-wicket triumph for NBP

Pakistan paceman Mohammad Sami struggled again as National Bank scored a four-wicket victory over Rawalpindi in their NBP One-day Patron's Cup Pool 'C' match at KRL Stadium on Tuesday.

Sami was hammered for 60 runs off his 10 overs in which he could get just one wicket as Rawalpindi posted a fighting 223 for seven in 50 after being asked to bat first.

Sohail Nasir struck 45 and Junaid Zia boosted the total with a useful 33.

Sami was hammered for 77 runs by KRL batsmen on Sunday.

Another NBP bowler punished was Shabbir Ahmed who conceded 56 runs while taking one wicket. The pick of the lot was slow left-armer Qaiser Abbas who snared three for 26 while Pakistan captain Waqar Younis returned impressive figures of one for 20 off his quota of 10 overs.

National Bank, in reply, were home in 43.4 overs. Discarded Pakistan opener Imran Nazir led the chase with a solid 85 while Qaiser chipped in with a fine unbeaten 45.

Junaid claimed two for 26.

Scoreboard

RAWALPINDI:

Sohail Nasir c Imran Javed b Qaiser 45

Babar Naeem lbw b Waqar 14

Junaid Zia c and b Qaiser 33

Shiraz Khalid c Kamran b M. Javed 12

Nauman Aman b Sami 27

Pervez Aziz c Imran Nazir b Qaiser 15

Zia-ul-Haq Sr not out 26

Ajmal Shah c Kamran b Shabbir 10

Mohammad Zubair not out 16

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-4, W-9, NB-11) 25

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 50 overs) 223

FALL OF WKTS: 1-33, 2-94, 3-119, 4-119, 5-145, 6-176, 7-196.

BOWLING: Waqar Younis 10-0-20-1; Shabbir Ahmed 10-0-56-1 ; Mohammad Sami 10-0-60-1; Qaiser Abbas 10-2-26-3; Mohammad Javed 9-04-7-1; Imran Javed 1-0-9-0.

NATIONAL BANK: Imran Nazir b Babar 85

Kamran Akmal lbw b Fayyaz 4

Salman Butt c Zubair b Akram 11

Naumanullah c Zubair b Junaid 9

Akhtar Sarfraz c Zubair b Ajmal 9

Qaiser Abbas not out 45

Mohammad Javed b Junaid 11

Imran Javed not out 13

EXTRAS (LB-12, W-18, NB-9) 39

TOTAL (for six wkts, 43.4 overs) 226

FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 2-36, 3-66, 4-107, 5-170, 6-197.

BOWLING: Mohammad Akram 10-0-56-1; Mohammad Fayyaz 9-0-47-1 ; Ajmal Shah 8-0-24-1; Junaid Zia 7-1-26-2; Shiraz Khalid 2-0-10-0 ; Pervez Aziz 2-0-12-0; Babar Naeem 5.4-0-39-1.

RESULT: National Bank won by four wickets.

Results of other Pool 'C' matches:

*At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar:

KRL beat Peshawar by 77 runs.

KRL 339-6 in 50 overs (Ali Naqvi 115 not out, Saeed Anwar Jr 69 , Mohammad Ramzan 57, Misbah-ul-Haq 24, Yasir Arafat 21; Nauman Habib 2-72);

PESHAWAR 262-9 in 50 overs (Asmatullah 59, Aftab Khan 45 , M. Bilal Marwat 42; Yasir Arafat 3-38, Shoaib Akhtar 2-27).

*At Saga Ground, Sialkot:

Sialkot beat Faisalabad by 96 runs.

SIALKOT 278-7 in 50 overs (Shaiman Butt 96, Adeel Malik 47 not out , Shahid Yousuf 42, Owais Malik 20 not out; Javed Iqbal 2-49);

FAISALABAD 182 in 32 overs (Mohammad Saleem 47, Mohammad Salman 26 , Sami-ul-Haq 24; Shaiman Butt 2-27, Owais Malik 2-32, Tahir Mughal 2-43)