KARACHI, Oct 28: Medium-pacer Abdur Rauf continued his excellent form by picking up six for 40 as the Sui Gas-Wapda clash in the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I headed for an exciting finish at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Sunday.

Sui Gas, after being set 120 for their first win, closed the second day on 40 for three, according to details available here.

Earlier, Rauf sliced through the Wapda’s second innings to take his season’s haul to 40 with the match bag of nine for 84.

Wapda were eventually bundled out for 104 after taking a slim lead of 15 runs on the first innings. Rauf was given good support by Azhar Abbas with a return of three for 40.

Saleem Mughal finished unbeaten with 48 in nearly three hours off 130 balls as Sui Gas collected 41 runs having resumed at 101 for seven.

Waqas Ahmed, a tall right-arm pace bowler, claimed five for 53 while fellow pacer Kashif Raza took four for 46.

Scoreboard

WAPDA (1st Innings) 157 (Kashif Rasheed 68; Wasim Khan 5-53).

SUI GAS (1st Innings, overnight 101-7):

Kamran Sajid c Maqsood b Kashif Raza 11

Fareed Butt lbw b Waqas 0

M. Hafeez c Zahid b Kashif Raza 0

Faisal Imran c Maqsood b Waqas 7

Saleem Mughal not out 48

Asim Munir b Kashif Raza 0

Zia-ur-Rehman c Adil b Sarfraz 36

Abid Mahmood b Waqas 10

Abdur Rauf lbw b Kashif Raza 6

Wasim Khan lbw b Waqas 11

Azhar Abbas b Waqas 2

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-2, NB-6) 11

TOTAL (all out, 52 overs) 142

FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-8, 3-19, 4-21, 5-24, 6-95, 7-96, 8-117, 9-136.

BOWLING: Kashif Raza 16-3-46-4; Waqas Ahmed 22-5-53-5; Sarfraz Ahmed 10-1-23-1; Raees Amjad 4-0-15-0.

WAPDA (2nd Innings):

Maqsood Akbar c and Abdur Rauf 6

Kashif Rasheed c Saleem b Azhar 25

Rizwan Malik c Zia b Abdur Rauf 1

Tariq Aziz c Hafeez b Abdur Rauf 0

Adil Nisar b Wasim 18

Shoaib Khan c Hafeez b Abdur Rauf 25

Sarfraz Ahmed b Azhar 6

Zahid Umer c Hafeez b Azhar 6

Kashif Raza not out 5

Waqas Ahmed c Zia b Abdur Rauf 0

Raees Amjad lbw b Abdur Rauf 1

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-5, NB-3) 11

TOTAL (all out, 33.4 overs) 104

FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-16, 3-16, 4-47, 5-64, 6-70, 7-84, 8-102, 9-102.

BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 13.4-4-40-6; Azhar Abbas 14-2-40-3; Wasim Khan 6-2-16-1.

SUI GAS (2nd Innings):

M. Hafeez c Zahid b Kashif Raza 0

Kamran Sajid not out 17

Faisal Mairaj c Zahid b Waqas 4

Asim Munir lbw b Waqas 8

Abid Mahmood not out 0

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-3) 11

TOTAL (for three wkts, 13 overs) 40

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-13, 3-37.

BOWLING (to-date): Kashif Raza 7-1-17-1; Waqas Ahmed 6-2-12-2.

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