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KARACHI, Oct 21: Two useful partnerships helped Wapda make a respectable 281 for seven in their first innings on the first day of their Patron’s Trophy Grade-I fixture against PIA at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Sunday.
Shoaib Khan led the way with an undefeated 53 off 180 deliveries after PIA captain Moin Khan elected to field first, says a message here.
Shoaib helped Rizwan Malik, who made 82 off 146 balls, put on 81 for the fifth wicket and then put on 78 for the seventh wicket in 98 minutes with Kashif Raza (42 off 73 balls).
Fazle Akbar continued his rich vein of form by claiming three for 63 while Ali Gohar, playing his first game for a while, had two for 80.
Moin, the former Test skipper, enjoyed himself behind the timbers with four catches.
WAPDA (1st Innings):
Adil Nisar b Nadeem 27
Maqsood Akbar c Moin b Ali Gohar 11
Kashif Rasheed c Moin b Ali Gohar 16
Rizwan Malik c Moin b Ghulam Ali 82
Tariq Aziz c Sohail b Fazle 2
Shoaib Khan not out 53
Zahid Umer c Moin b Fazle 3
Kashif Raza b Fazle 42
Kamran Hussain not out 3
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-9, W-1, NB-28) 42
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 88 overs) 281
FALL OF WKTS: 1-32, 2-60, 3-79, 4-113, 5-194, 6-197, 7-274.
TO BAT: Raees Amjad, Faisal Irfan.
BOWLING (to-date): Fazle Akbar 25-9-63-3; Nadeem Afzal 17-5-57-1; Ali Gohar 20-0-80-2; Mohammad Zahid Jr 8-1-38-0; Ghulam Ali 18-3-30-1.
PIA: Ghulam Ali, Sohail Jaffar, Yasir Hameed, Faisal Iqbal, Mahmood Hamid, Zahid Fazal, Moin Khan (captain), Nadeem Afzal, Fazle Akbar, Ali Gohar, Mohammad Zahid Jr.
UMPIRES: Asad Rauf and Aleem Dar.
MATCH REFEREE: Abdul Sami.
