State Bank U-19 completed a 117-run rout of National Bank to lift the Inter-Region/Departments U-19 One day Cricket Tournament 2011-12 Triangular Stage trophy here at the Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala on Wednesday. Banking on the efforts of Muhammad Afzal and Junaid Ali, State Bank gathered 243 runs and later bowled out NBP for just 126 runs in 31.1 overs. Shabbir Ali, Abdul Mateen and Fawad Khan were the stars of the match for National Bank.
With this win, State Bank pocketed Rs 200,000 while NBP U-19 was given Rs 100,000. Junaid Ali of State Bank was named the man of the match. However, NBP’s Sami Aslam with 484 runs was the best batsman, Babar Azam and Jaahid Shaukat of NBP and Muhammad Nawaz of Karachi Region Blues were the best fielders for six catches each while Fawad Khan of State Bank with 15 wickets was the best bowler and the best wicketkeeper was Talha Qureshi (NBP) with 13 dismissals and all the best players were awarded Rs 20,000 each.
Scores: State Bank U-19 – 243 in 44.4 overs: (Muhammad Afzal 66, Junaid Ali 48, Fawad Khan 33, Shahzad Ali 33, Usman Qadir 3-66, Fayyaz Butt 3-29, Imran Dad 2-59, Salman Ali Agha 2-62) v NBP U-19 – 126 in 31.1 overs: (Sami Aslam 48, Salman Ali Agha 30, Shabbir Ali 3-14, Abdul Mateen 3-52, Fawad Khan 2-21)
Result: State Bank U-19 won by
117 runs
Toss: State Bank U-19; Umpires: Akmal Hayat & Nasar Khan; Match Referee: Ashraf Ali; Official Scorer:
Sohail Zaidi.
