The eleventh round of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy rolled into action and on the opening day PIA took lead against Habib Bank at the LCCA ground on Wednesday while National Bank played cautiously against WAPDA at Gaddafi Stadium. PIA first bowled out Habib Bank in 37.2 overs and then took slender six runs lead by scoring 134 runs for six at the close of play. Ali Imran of PIA was the star bowler with six wickets while Sarmad Anwar and Danih Kaneria damaged the PIA innings with three and two wickets respectively.
Scores: Habib Bank 128 in 37.2 overs (Shan Masood 17, Ahmed Shahzad 15, Fahad Masood 44, Danish Kaneria 20, Ali Imran 6-45, Kamran Sajid 3-12) v PIA 134-6 in 34 overs (Kamran Sajid 41, Faisal Iqbal 35, Sarfraz Ahmed 28*, Sarmad Anwar 3-60, Danish Kaneria 2-37).
Toss: PIA
Umpires: Zameer Haider & Ahsan Raza
Referee: Aziz-ur-Rehman
At Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. National Bank 274-7 in 75.4 overs (Fawad Alam 65, Qaiser Abbas 84*, Wahab Riaz 28*, Hammad Azam 24, Imran Khan 4-82) v WAPDA.
Umpires: Saleem Badar & Ihtsham-ul-Haq
Referee: Saadat Ali.
