ADBP forced to follow-on

Published October 24, 2001

KARACHI, Oct 23: Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan (ADBP) face an uphill battle to avoid defeat after being forced to follow-on against Habib Bank on the third day of the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I tie at Sheikhupura Stadium Tuesday.

According to details available here, ADBP were restricted to 318 all out in their first innings in reply to Habib Bank’s 547 for six declared.

By close of play, ADBP, facing a deficit of 229, reached 25 for no wicket in their second innings.

Earlier, opener Inam-ul-Haq top-scored with 76 off 185 balls and tailender Rao Iftikhar Anjum contributed an unbeaten 50 off 92 deliveries after ADBP had resumed on 30 for one.

Left-arm duo of paceman Kabir Khan and spinner Abdul Rehman shared six wickets between them for 51 and 44 runs respectively.

Scoreboard

HABIB BANK (1st Innings) 547-6 (Imran Farhat 204, Hasan Raza 200 not out, Sajid Shah 54).

ADBP (1st Innings, overnight 30-1):

Inam-ul-Haq c Atiq b Kabir 76

Hafiz Majid c Atiq b Kabir 4

Atif Rauf c Hasan b Sajid 15

Zahoor Elahi c Kabir b Akram 33

Ghaffar Kazmi lbw b Shahid 26

Javed Hayat c Mujahid b A. Rehman 18

Ijaz Mahmood lbw b A. Rehman 13

Nadeem Hussain b Shahid 17

Rao Iftikhar Anjum not out 50

Faisal Afridi c Atiq b A. Rehman 26

Mohammad Asif b Kabir 26

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-7, W-2, Nb-2) 14

TOTAL (all out, 89.3 overs) 318

FALL OF WKTS: 1-9, 2-30, 3-86, 4-117, 5-160, 6-182, 7-207, 8-218, 9-266.

BOWLING: Kabir Khan 16.3-2-51-3; Akram Raza 23-2-91-1; Abdul Rehman 23-6-44-3; Sajid Shah 10-0-48-1; Shahid Nazir 11-2-50-2; Imran Farhat 6-0-24-0.

ADBP (2nd Innings, following-on):

Inam-ul-Haq not out 16

Hafiz Majid not out 8

EXTRAS (LB-1) 1

TOTAL (for no wkt, 6 overs) 25

BOWLING (to-date): Kabir Khan 3-0-14-0; Akram Raza 3-0-10-0.

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