Cricket: NBP overcome PIA in T20 opener

KARACHI: The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) opened their campaign at the Cool & Cool Night T20 tournament on a winning note beating Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) by just five runs in the inaugural match.  Led by wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal, NBP scored 158 in the allotted overs with Aqeel Anjum being the top-scorer with 51. In reply, PIA failed to achieve the target, finishing on 153 for six. Sarfraz Ahmed (62) was the top-scorer.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 8^th, 2011.