Pakistan Juniors scored a remarkable 37- run victory over
PCB XI Monday at the Rawalpindi Stadium in a low-scoring
match
01-Jan-2002Pakistan Juniors scored a remarkable 37- run victory over
PCB XI Monday at the Rawalpindi Stadium in a low-scoring
match. The juniors, preparing for this month’s World Cup in
New Zealand , found the going tough and could only manage a
paltry 134 after being put in. But they made up for the low
total with an impressive bowling and fielding display and
bundled out PCB XI for 97, Arsalan Mir claiming four for 24.In the juniors’ innings, except for wicketkeeper Aminur
Rehman who topscored with 39 and Junaid Zia’s 25 down the
order, no other batsman could do much. Paceman Waqas Ahmed
did most of the damage taking four for 46 while Jaffar Nazir
captured three.PCB XI batting crumbled in the face of fine bowling and
tight fielding by the under-19s and the entire side was
dismissed in juts over 28 overs.Besides Arsalan’s four wickets, Umer Gul snapped up two
while Junaid and Najaf Shah had one each.The junior side had earlier beaten the PCB XI in the first
match by four wickets.
