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| October 11, 2001 | Thursday | Rajab 23, 1422 |
Khaqan slams flawless 139
RAWALPINDI, Oct 10: Khaqan Arsal smashed a flawless 139 Wednesday to put Lahore Blues on way to a big first innings total in the National Under-19 Grade-I Cricket Championship final against Peshawar at Pindi Cricket Stadium.
At the close of the first day of this four-day final, Lahore Blues had already piled up 318 runs and had lost seven wickets in the process.
Skipper Salman Butt hit up 69 off 111 balls and struck five fours but it was Khaqan who stole the show cracking 16 boundaries during a fruitful stay at the crease in which he faced 182 deliveries.
His marvellous innings was ended by medium pace Umer Gul who had him caught by Mohammad Idrees.
Umer finished the day with four wickets for which he conceded 88 runs. Manzoor Khan was the other wicket-taker with two for 78.
LAHORE BLUES (1st Innings):
Salman Butt c Zeeshan b Manzoor 69
Kashif Mahmood b Nasir 16
Khaqan Arsal c Idrees b Umer 139
Kamran Sajid b Manzoor 14
Fahad-ul-Haq lbw b Umer 2
Jamal Mehdi c Kashif b Umer 4
Asif Ijaz not out 37
Azhar Ali c Adnan b Umer 12
Hafiz Bilal not out 0
EXTRAS (B-9, LB-4, W-3, NB-9) 25
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 89.2 overs) 318
FALL OF WKTS: 1-42, 2-196, 3-241, 4-254, 5-268, 6-268, 7-318.
TO BAT: Qasim Khurshid, Imran Siddique.
BOWLING (to-date): Kamran Ali 20-2-72-0; Umer Gul 26.2-3-88-4, Abdul Nasir 12-0-53-1; Manzoor Khan 28-3-78-2; Aftab Khan 3-0-14-0.
PESHAWAR: Aftab Khan (captain), Mohammad Idrees, Zeeshan Mohsin, Mian Adnan, Masood Afridi, Fayyazullah, Abdul Nasir, Kashif Hayat, Manzoor Khan, Kamran Ali, Umer Gul.
UMPIRES: Saleem Badar and Riazuddin.
MATCH REFEREE: Rizwan Khateeb.
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