United Bank and Peshawar Panther won their opening round matches of the National One-day Cup 2011-12 Division – II here on Monday. Playing at the United Bank beat SNGPL by seven wickets while at the LCCA ground Peshawar Panthers got a four wickets win over Lahore Lions. Meanwhile at National Stadium Karachi, Karachi Zebras won by 201 runs against Multan Tigers while at Hyderabad Stadium, Lahore Eagles deeated Hyderabad hawks by six wickets.
Group A
Scores: SNGPL 123 in 46.3 overs (Imran Ali 32, 65 balls, Naeem ud din 21, Khurram Shahzad 42, 76 balls, 6 x4s, Shabbir Ahmed 2-8, Ruman Raees Ahmed 3-30, Misbah Khan 2-29), United Bank 124-3 in 30 overs (Saad Surkhail 48*, 57 balls, 6 x4s, Mohammad Sami 35, 36 balls, 3 x4s, 1x 6s), Result: United Bank won by 7 wickets. Toss: SNGPL, Umpires: Ihtsham-ul-Haq & Ghaffar Kazmi, Referee: Azizur Rehman, At LCCA Ground, Lahore. Lahore Lions 161 in 42 overs (Mohammad Hamza 19, Ahmed Dar 18, Farhan Asghar 36*, Sajjad Ahmed 3-49, Akbar Badshah 2-24, Riaz Ahmed 2-32), Peshawar Panthers 162-6 in 41.5 overs (Haroon Ahmed 25, Khalid Hasan 21, Akbar Badshah 40, 73 balls, 3 x4s, Gohar Ali 47, 46 balls, 6 x4s, Ali Manzoor 2-27, Abdul Ghaffar 2-36), Result: Peshawar Panthers won by four wickets. Toss: Lahore Lions, Umpires: Jamil Kamran & Iqbal Butt, Referee: Muhammad Anees
Group B
Scores: At National Stadium, Karachi. Karachi Zebras 265 in 48.2 overs (Behram Khan 129, 118 balls, 12 x4s, 3 x6s, Saeed Bin Nasir 57, 76 balls, 3 x4s, Wajihuddin 20, Aamir Yamin 2-59, Haziq Habibullah 3-49), Multan Tigers 64 in 18.3 overs (Naveed Yasin 20, Tabish Khan 5-28), Result: Karachi Zebras won by 201 runs. Toss: Multan Tigers, Umpires: Akbar Khan & Raweed Khan, Referee Anwar Khan At Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad. Hyderabad Hawks 215-8 in 50 overs (Jamshaid Beg 27, Shahid Qambrani 25, Ayaz Jamli 41, Mir Ali 38, Ghulam Yasin 41*, Mohammad Irfan 3-36, Asif Raza 2-34), Lahore Eagles 219-4 in 44.3 overs (Muzaffar Mahboob 62, 51 balls, 9 x4s, 2 x6s, Abid Ali 50, 78 balls, 6 x4s, Usman Salahuddin 37*, 69 balls, 3 x4s), Result: Lahore Eagles won by six wickets, Toss: Lahore Eagles, Umpires: Khalid Mahmood & Islam Khan, Referee: Naeem Ahmed.
