Malik and Imran hit sparkling centuries

Sparkling centuries by Shoaib Malik and Imran Farhat as PCB Greens beat Blues by 50 runs in the the Super League Ramazan Cup at Gaddafi Stadium Friday.

Batting first, PCB Greens scored 309 for four in the allotted 50 overs with skipper Shoaib leading the way with a spanking 127 off 102 deliveries.

Imran Farhat, the left-hander, did not lag behind in notching up a blazing century, smashing 125 off 124 balls. But despite his heroics, PCB Blues were restricted to 259 for eight.

Imran hit 11 fours and four sixes to win cash prize of Rs 2,000 for hitting most boundaries.

Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan tried his level best to lift the tempo of PCB Blues' innings. He returned unbeaten with 58 off 64 balls, which included two sixes and three fours.

Leg-spinner Azhar Ali bowled best for PCB Greens with figures of four for 53 while lanky pacer Shabbir Ahmed took two for 24in 10 overs.

Earlier, Shoaib made up for a slow start by PCB Greens' openers Zeeshan Mohsin (52 off 102 balls) and Shahbaz Bashir (30 off 84 balls) who together spent nearly 29 overs in the middle during their partnership of 99.

Shoaib caned seven sixes and nine fours while facing just76 balls. Asim Kamal, the left-hander, hit exactly 50 off 42 balls with seven hits to the fence. Shoaib and Asim were involved in a rollicking third wicket stand that yielded 133 runs in 72 minutes. Shoaib was richer by Rs 7,000 at the end o the match. He got Rs 5,000 for being declared Man-of-the-Match as well as Rs 2,000 for striking most number of sixes.

Zulqarnain Haider, Greens' wicket-keeper, received Rs 2,000 for taking three catches.

Scoreboard

PCB GREENS:

Zeeshan Mohsin c Atiq b Imran 52

Shahbaz Bashir run out 30

Shoaib Malik c Naveed b Imran 127

Asim Kamal lbw b Naveed 50

Bazid Khan not out 13

EXTRAS (LB-2, W-17, NB-18) 37

TOTAL (for four wkts, 50 overs) 309

FALL OF WKTS: 1-99, 2-106, 3-239, 4-309.

DID NOT BAT: Khaqan Arsal, Kamran Younis, Zulqarnain Hyder, Azhar Ali, Shabbir Ahmed, Kashif Raza.

BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 10-1-61-0; Sajid Shah 9-2-57-0; Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 10-0-51-1;Abdul Rehman 10-1-48-0; Babar Naeem4-0-18-0; Imran Farhat 7-0-72-2.

PCB BLUES:

Usman Tariq c Zulqarnain b Shabbir 0

Imran Farhat st Zulqarnain b Azhar 125

Babar Naeem c Zulqarnain b Shabbir 8

Ijaz Ahmed Jr c Zulqarnain b Shoaib 1

Bilal Asad c Kashif b Azhar 10

Asim Munir c and b Azhar 0

Atiq-uz-Zaman c Shabbir b Kashif 13

Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan not out 58

Abdur Rauf c Asim b Azhar 1

Abdul Rehman not out 16

EXTRAS (LB-6, W-14, NB-7) 27

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 259

FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-39, 3-73, 4-93, 5-93, 6-147, 7-194, 8-200.

BOWLING: Shabbir Ahmed 10-1-24-2; Kashif Raza 10-0-63-1; Shoaib Malik 10-1-45-1; Shahbaz Bashir 1-0-16-0; Azhar Ali 10-1-53-4; Kamran Younis 8-0-45-0; Bazid Khan 1-0-4-0.