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KARACHI, Oct 23: PIA will begin their quest for an unlikely victory on final day Wednesday after Wapda set them a challenging target of 322 in their Patron’s Trophy Grade-I fixture at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Tuesday.
Wapda were dismissed for 185 in their second innings shortly before stumps on the third evening, says a message here.
Shoaib Khan followed his unbeaten 79 in the first innings with top-score of 52 in the second.
Medium-pacers Nadeem Afzal and Ali Gohar did most of the damage by picking five for 51 and four for 31 respectively.
PIA captain Moin Khan claimed four catches Tuesday to finish with a haul of nine in the match.
Earlier, Wapda obtained a first innings lead of 136 after bowling out PIA for 195. The national carriers’ last three wickets mustered just 27 runs as Mahmood Hamid was left stranded on 29 not out.
Pacers Raees Amjad claimed four for 64 while Faisal Irfan took three for 32.
WAPDA (1st Innings) 331 (Rizwan Malik 82, Shoaib Khan 79 not out; Fazle Akbar 4-84).
PIA (1st Innings, overnight 168-7):
Sohail Jaffar c Shoaib b Faisal 44
Ghulam Ali lbw b Kashif Raza 67
Yasir Hameed c Shoaib b Kamran 0
Asif Mujtaba c Zahid b Faisal 5
Faisal Iqbal c K. Rasheed b Raees 15
Mahmood Hamid not out 29
Moin Khan c Tariq b Raees 0
Nadeem Afzal c Shoaib b Raees 5
Ali Gohar c Zahid b Faisal 0
Fazle Akbar c Zahid b Raees 0
Mohammad Zahid Jr b Kashif Raza 0
EXTRAS (B-2, LB-15, W-1, NB-12) 30
TOTAL (all out, 68.1 overs) 195
FALL OF WKTS: 1-90, 2-99, 3-124, 4-156, 5-158, 6-162, 7-168, 8-168, 9-169.
BOWLING: Kashif Raza 13.1-4-37-2; Kamran Hussain 21-10-45-1; Faisal Irfan 17-5-32-3; Raees Amjad 17-1-64-4.
WAPDA (2nd Innings):
Adil Nisar b Nadeem 25
Maqsood Akbar c Moin b Nadeem 0
Kashif Rasheed lbw b Nadeem 5
Rizwan Malik c Moin b Fazle 31
Tariq Aziz lbw b Nadeem 0
Shoaib Khan b Ali Gohar 52
Zahid Umer c Moin b Ali Gohar 32
Kashif Raza b Nadeem 2
Kamran Hussain c Moin b Ali Gohar 4
Raees Amjad not out 8
Faisal Irfan b Ali Gohar 8
EXTRAS (B-2, LB-2, W-2, NB-12) 20
TOTAL (all out, 58.3 overs) 185
FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-24, 3-47, 4-47, 5-80, 6-143, 7-148, 8-166, 9-175.
BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 20-4-63-1; Nadeem Afzal 19-3-51-5; Mohammad Zahid Jr 6-1-29-0; Ghulam Ali 2-0-7-0; Ali Gohar 11.3-0-31-3.
