LAHORE
Brilliant bowling by Umar Gul and Azhar Ali helped Balochistan beat Punjab by 12 runs in the low-scoring inaugural match of the Pakistan Cup at Iqbal Stadium on Tuesday.
Punjab captain Shoaib Malik won the toss and opted to field first. Balochistan scored 215-10 in 46.2 overs. Shahid Yousaf (49), Umnar Akmal (47), Babar Azam (41) batted well. Ehsan Adil, Aamer Yamin, Zulfiqar Babar, Amad Butt and captain Shoaib Malik bagged two wickets.
Umar Gul and captain Azhar Ali clinched three wickets to restrict Punjab to 203 runs in 49 overs. M Rizwan (39), Asad Shafiq (33), Amad Butt (33) and Saif Badar (21) batted well for Punjab.
Scoreboard
BALOCHISTAN:
Azhar Ali c Rizwan b Yamin 3
Babar Azam c Malik b Amad 41
Mohammad Hasan c & b Zulfiqar 21
Umar Akmal b Malik 47
Shahid Yousuf b Yamin 49
M Nawaz lbw b Malik 2
Ghulam Haider b Ehsan 2
Sohail Tanvir b Zulfiqar 17
Usama Mir c Ehsan b Amad 4
Umar Gul b Ehsan 8
Junaid Khan not out 6
EXTRAS: (lb2, w8, nb5) 15
TOTAL: (all out; 46.2 overs) 215
FOW: 1-3, 2-50, 3-84, 4-149, 5-157, 6-160, 7-192, 8-200, 9-202, 10-215
BOWLING: Ehsan Adil 9.2-0-37-2, Aamer Yamin 10-1-36-2, Zulfiqar Babar 10-0-42-2, Amad Butt 6-1-30-2, Saif Badar 3-0-20-0, Shoaib Malik 5-0-32-2, Akbar-ur-Rehman 3-0-16-0
PUNJAB:
Salman Butt c & b Gul 9
Shan Masood c & b Usama 18
Asad Shafiq st Hasan b Azhar 33
M Rizwan lbw b Azhar 39
Akbar-ur-Rehman c Hasan b Gul 8
Shoaib Malik b Azhar 2
Saif Badar b Junaid 21
Aamer Yamin c Usama b Nawaz 7
Amad Butt not out 33
Zulfiqar Babar b Junaid 14
Ehsan Adil c Usama b Gul 3
EXTRAS: (lb6, w10) 16
TOTAL: (all out; 49 overs) 203
FOW: 1-21, 2-38, 3-98, 4-105, 5-113, 6-115, 7-135, 8-151, 9-197, 10-203
BOWLING: Sohail Tanvir 10-0-24-0, Junaid Khan 9-0-28-2, Umar Gul 10-1-43-3, Usama Mir 6-0-31-1, M Nawaz 9-1-47-1, Azhar Ali 5-0-24-3
TOSS: Punjab
UMPIRES: Ahsan Raza, Khalid Mahmood
TV UMPIRE: Asif Yaqoob
MATCH REFEREE: Mussadaq Rasool