da esport bet： A 176 runs third-wicket partnership between Shadab Kabir (88) andFaisal Iqbal (74) on 139 balls and a quickfire 45 off 28 deliveries byImran Farhat helped the PCB XI turn the tables on the strong PakistanXI by winning the day and night practice
Ilyas Beg20-Oct-2001A 176 runs third-wicket partnership between Shadab Kabir (88) andFaisal Iqbal (74) on 139 balls and a quickfire 45 off 28 deliveries byImran Farhat helped the PCB XI turn the tables on the strong PakistanXI by winning the day and night practice match by three wickets at theGaddafi Stadium Friday.The match was seriously disturbed by a fault in the grid station whichdid not allow the lights to be switched on till 6:30 pm. Later the PCBXI innings was also interrupted due to the problem that caused a verylate finish of the game Friday night.Waqar Younis won the toss and opted to bat first. The decision provedfruitful as the Pakistan XI hit a big total of 268 for seven in 40overs. Abdur Razzaq (53 on 43 balls, 7 fours and a six) and NaveedLatif added 62 runs for the fifth wicket partnership on 61 balls,consuming only 46 minutes.Saeed Anwar, sporting a beard made useful 30 on 31 balls having fourfours while Shahid Afridi contributed 48 on 42 balls with the help offour big sixes and three fours.Solid batting by Shadab Kabir and Faisal Iqbal snatched away theadvantage from Pakistan XI. Shadab scored 88 on 79 balls and hit ahuge six and 13 boundaries.Faisal Iqbal was equally enterprising as he scored 74 off 76deliveries and hit nine boundaries. After both were out, Imran Farhattook charge and his lusty hitting facilitated PCB Eleven’s victory.Imran struck a massive six and five boundaries.