LAHORE – WAPDA won their opening match of the Faysal Bank-sponsored National One-day Cup Division II against ZTBL by one wicket here at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on Wednesday.
ZTBL after electing to bat made 194. Wapda’s opener Riffat Ullah held his nerves to not only score a century but also helped his team to victory at a time when wickets tumbled in frequent intervals at the other end to Raza Hasan and Rao Iftikhar.
Scores: ZTBL 194/10 in 43.3 overs. (Babar Azam 50, 72 balls, 5×4, Shahid Yousaf 35, 29 balls, 5×4, Atif Ashraf 29*, 50 balls, 1×4, Yasir Hameed 25 33 balls, 4×4, Zulfiqar Babar 3/20, Muhammad Waheed 2/32, Shoaib Maqsood 2/35).
WAPDA 195/9 in 42.1 overs: (Riffat Ullah 108*, 115 balls, 13×4, Shoaib Maqsood 21, 23 balls, 4×4, Raza Hasan 5/42, Rao Iftikhar 2/27) Result: WAPDA won by 1 Wicket Man of the Match: Riffat Ullah Mahmand (WAPDA) Toss: ZTBL: Umpires: Nadeem Ghouri & Qaiser Waheed; Referee: Saadat Ali; Scorer: Abdul Hameed.