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| January 6, 2002 | Sunday | Shawwal 21, 1422 |
20 wickets fall on first day
KARACHI, Jan 5: Bowlers dominated opening day’s play in the Patron’s Trophy grade-II match between Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) and University Grants Commission as 20 wickets fell in the three-day match at Asghar Ali Shah Stadium Saturday.
Medium-pacer Ovais Athar snapped up five wickets for 32 and left-arm spinner Adnan Kaleem grabbed three for 28 as UGC put bat first bundled out for 85 in their first innings.
Debutant KESC in reply were spun out for 167 in their first innings. Left-arm spinner Mamoon Khan captured six wickets for 50 runs in 21.4 overs. Pacer Raheel Siyani took three wickets for 45 runs.
Tahir Khan top-scored for electricians with 50 with five four and a six in 85 minutes while Mohammad Masroor slammed six boundaries in his 45 off as many balls.
Summarized scores:
UGC: 85 in 30.4 overs (Farhan Iqbal 22, M.Farrukh 20, Ghazanfar 13, Ovais Athar 5-32, Adnan Malik 3-28)
KESC: 167 in 49.4 overs (Tahir Khan 50, M.Masroor 45, Adnan Malik 26, Mamoon Khan 6-50, Raheel Siyani 3-45).
Services Industries made 222 for nine wickets against PTCL.
Service Industries started poorly after their captain Nafees Ahmed won the toss and batted first. The openers Kashif Nazami (1) and Shahjan Malik (4) went cheaply.
However, Shahbaz Butt and Kashif Imran steadied the innings and added 107 runs for the third wicket. Shahbaz hit 79 and Kashif contributed 46.
Farhan Asghar also hit up a fine 63 to steer Services Industries to 222 for nine at the end of 80 overs.
In reply, PTCL were zero without loss at close after facing just one over.
Summarized scores:
Services Industries 222-9 in 80 overs (Shahbaz Butt 79, Farhan Asghar 63, Kashif Imran 46, Yasin 3-32, Irfan Hyder 2-17, Zaheer Maqsood 2-60).
PTCL: 0-0 in one over.
AHSAN HITS CENTURY: Opener Ahsan Raza scored 103 as Saga collected 312 for nine in their first innings quota of 80 in the match against Pakistan Air Force (PAF) at Saga Ground in Sialkot.
PAF, in reply, were zero without loss.
Summarised scores:
SAGA 312-9 in 80 overs (Ahsan Raza 103, Ashraf Ali 76, Tahir Mahmood 40, Kashif Mahmood 31; Abdul Ghaffar 4-82);
PAF 0-0 in 1 over.—APP
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