Alam century seals title for HBL
Opener Aftab Alam anchored Habib Bank Limited's chase of 235 on the final day with a patient century, amid support from captain Hasan Raza and Fahad Masood, to set up their first title win since 1977-78
Opener Aftab Alam anchored Habib Bank Limited's chase of 235 on the final day with a patient century, amid support from captain Hasan Raza and Fahad Masood, to set up their first title win since 1977-78
A composed half-century from Aftab Alam has put Habib Bank Limited firmly in control of their Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division One final
Habib Bank Limited's bowlers are only a couple of strikes away from giving their batsmen a modest target to chase in order to win the Quaid-e-Azam trophy in Karachi
Just when it looked like Imran Farhat's century was going to take the game away from them, PIA's Aizaz Cheema and Kamran Sajid sparked an HBL middle-order collapse that left the game finely poised at the end of the second day
Kamran Sajid resisted the HBL bowlers for most of the day, but received little support and could not prevent PIA from being dismissed for 228
Hasan Raza, captain of HBL, winners of this year's QEA Division One Trophy, has said that he decision to play the final under lights should be preserved with for the next season
The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division One final between Habib Bank Limited and Pakistan International Airlines in Karachi was marred by controversy
Dave Richardson, the ICC's general manager for cricket, has firmly ruled out the possibility of international cricket returning to Pakistan in the near future