Zia-ul-Haq and Kamran Sajid bowled PIA to lift the Faysal Bank One-day Cup 2011-12 Division-1 here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Wednesday.
Put into bat, HBL bowlers did a remarkable job in restricting PIA at 237 in 49.5 overs. Former test cricketer Danish Kaneria with his seven wickets haul jolted PIA line-up. Only Pakistan’s former captain Shoaib Malik could muster some resistance with the bat producing unbeaten 80 off 88 balls. He got 41 runs support from Faisal Iqbal after their openers Fraz Ali 30 and Kamran Sajid 33 produced 65 runs for the first wicket.
However, the good work done by Kaneria went in vane when his team’s batting line up crashed to PIA attack led by Zia and Kamran. These two bowlers shared three wickets while Malik had two including the wicket of Imran Farhat.
Kamra Hussain with 40 runs was the highest scorer from HBL while Taufeeq Umer scored 34 while opening the innings with Farhat (28).
In the end PCB COO Subhan Ahmed and Director Cricket Zakir Khan gave the prizes to the winners and other prominent players.
PIA with this win picketed Rs 500,000 with a trophy while HBL got Rs 250,000. Shoaib Malik for his all round performance was named the Man of the Match ad received Rs 50,000. He was also declared the best batsman of the tournament for scoring 353 runs and got Rs 50,000.
Danish Kaneria with 20 wickets was named the Best Bowler while the best ielder was Taufeeq Umer for taking seven catches and Humayun Farhat (HBL) and Mubeen Mughal (Sialkot Stallions) shared the Best Wicket Keeper award for 13 dismissals each and all these players were given Rs 50,000.
Scores
Pakistan International 237 in 49.5 overs: (Shoaib Malik 80*, 88 balls, 5x4s, 1×6, Faisal Iqbal 41, 60 balls, 2x4s, Kamran Sajid 33, 48 balls, 2x4s, Faraz Ali 30, 50 balls, 2x4s, Danish Kaneria 7-39)
Habib Bank in overs (Kamran Husain 40, 50 balls, 4x4s, Taufeeq Umer 34, 43 balls, 4x4s, Hasan Raza 29, 65 balls, 1×4, Imran 28, 33 balls, 3x4s, Humayun Farhat 25, 23 balls, 4x4s, Zia-ul-Haq 3-23, Kamran Sajid 3-37, Shoaib Malik 2-33)
Result: Pakistan International won by 36 runs.
Toss: Habib Bank; Umpires: Zameer Haider & Riazuddin, TV Umpire: Nadeem Ghouri, Referee: Muhammad Anees, Scorer: Abdul Hameed.
