National Bank beat ZTBL by five wickets on the final day of the Division-I Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match on Sunday while the match between Habib Bank and WAPDA ended in a tie. At the Gaddafi Stadium, HBL got 245 and 178 in its first and second innings while WAPDA responded with 233 and 190 leaving the match tied at 423. However, ZTBL scored 255 and 144 in their two innings and that provided NBP 198 runs target who had scored 201 in their first innings. But Nasir Jamshed, Khurrum Manzoor and Qaiser Abbas kept their nerves to get the win.
Scores: Habib Bank 245 in 70.5 overs (Shan Masood 39, 143 balls, 2 x4s, Ahmed Shahzad 58, 47 balls, 9 x4s, 2 x6s, Aftab khan 63, 80 balls, 9 x4s, Zulfiqar Baber 4-92, Imran Khan 5-57) and 178 in 46.2 overs (Shan Masood 45, 114 balls, Aftab Khan 31, Hasan Raza 23, Imran Khan 19.2-3-77-9) WAPDA 233 in 76.2 overs (Riffatullah 25, Ahmed Said 34, Aamer Sajjad 58, 102 balls, 8 x4s, 3 x6s, Ayaz Tassawar 28, Ali Azmat 20, Fahad Masood 4-62, Shahid Nazir 2-46) and 190 in 64.1 overs (Asif Khan 51, 109 balls, 8 x4s, Ahmed Said 62, 99 balls, 10 x4s, Ali Azmat 24, Fahad Masood 3-34, Aslam Qureshi 4-85, Sarmad Anwar 2-45)
Result: Match Tied, Overnight Score: WAPDA (Second Innings) 10-1 in 5 overs, Toss: WAPDA, Umpires: Riazuddin & Akbar Khan, Referee: Aziz-ur-Rehman, Scorer: Azhar Hussain, At LCCA Ground, Lahore. ZTBL 255 in 69.1 overs ( Sharjeel Khan 46, Yasir Hameed 53, Haris Sohail 59, Shahid Yousuf 37, Wahab Riaz 7-74, Uzair-ul-Haq 2-97) and 144 in 60.3 overs (Sharjeel Khan 28, Haris Sohail 34, Junaid Zia 14, Umaid Asif 5-39, Wahab Riaz 3-43) v National Bank 201 in 42 overs (Nasir Jamshed 47, Fahad Alam 47, Wahab Riaz 36, Junaid Zia 3-47, Rao Iftikhar 2-57, Sajjad Hussain 2-48, Zohaib Khan 2-4) and 202-5 in 41.2 (Nasir Jamshed 40, Khurram Manzoor 37, Fawad Alam 47, Qaiser Abbas 31*)., Result: National Bank won by five wickets, Overnight Score: National Bank (Second Innings) 83-1 in 18.3, Toss: National Bank, Umpires: Saleem Badar & Kaukab Butt,Referee: Muhammad Anees, Scorer: Abdul Hameed.
