Poor show: Pakistan A register two losses in a row

Lions win second ODI of five-match series by 69 runs

KARACHI: Dawid Malan scored a brilliant century as Pakistan A succumbed to their second successive loss — a 69-run defeat — against English Lions in the five-match ODI series at the ICC Academy in Dubai.

Batting first, Lions posted 314-5 courtesy of Malan’s 114-run knock which came off 109 balls and was laced with two sixes and a dozen boundaries.  Mohammad Nawaz claimed three wickets while Fahim Ashraf picked up expensive scalps for 78 runs in nine overs.

Despite the dismissals, the English side managed to build strong partnerships throughout.



International batsman James Vince (29) was the first dismissal of the day when he was picked up by Nawaz with 50 on the board.

For the first 25 overs, Lions went about their business quietly as they reached 107-2, but exploded in the second half of their innings.

Contributions from international player Sam Billings (31) and Liam Dawson (33) in the middle and lower-middle order batsmen’s — Ross Whiteley and Jimmy Clarke — 50 off 30 and a 25-run cameo respectively guided Lions to victory.



In reply, Pakistan A were bowled out for 245 with 35 balls to spare as Dawson and Roland-James claimed three wickets each.

Fakhar Zaman top-scored with a 69-ball 61, which included six boundaries, while Nawaz starred with the bat too in his innings of 51 off 46, studded with two sixes and three fours.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 23^rd,  2016.

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