Gujranwala take control

Published January 16, 2002

KARACHI, Jan 15: Gujranwala put themselves in a winning position after Rizwan Malik narrowly missed the rare feat of scoring century in each innings in the Quaid Trophy tie against Bahawalpur at Bahawalpur Stadium Tuesday.

Scoreboard

GUJRANWALA (1st Innings) 143 (Rizwan Malik 100 not out; Murtaza Hussain 5-71).

BAHAWALPUR (1st Innings, overnight 39-7):

Hammad Tariq c Khalid b Mubashir 6

Usman Tariq lbw b A. Rehman 4

Asif Iqbal b Murtaza 20

Bilal Khilji c Khalid b Mubashir 0

Mohammad Rashid c Faisal b Murtaza 1

Hasnain Raza lbw b Murtaza 0

Inam-ul-Haq c A. Rehman b Murtaza 0

Murtaza Hussain c Murtaza b A. Rehman 29

Mohammad Zahid c Faisal b Mubashir 7

Imranullah Aslam b Murtaza 2

Imran Adil not out 13

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-2, NB-6) 13

TOTAL (all out, 49.5 overs) 95

FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-12, 3-12, 4-27, 5-27, 6-27, 7-39, 8-46, 9-51.

BOWLING: Mubashir Nazir 14-3-22-3; Sarfraz Ahmed 5-2-10-0; Abdul Rehman 16.5-6-35-2; Ghulam Murtaza 14-5-21-5.

GUJRANWALA (2nd Innings):

Faisal Butt lbw b Imran 26

Mudassar Mushtaq b Imran 0

Rizwan Malik run out 99

Majid Saeed not out 121

EXTRAS (LB-4, NB-4) 8

TOTAL (for three wkts, 67.3 overs) 254

FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-48, 3-254.

BOWLING (to-date): Imran Adil 12-0-53-2; Murtaza Hussain 20-0-63-0; Imranullah Aslam 15-3-56-0; Mohammad Zahid 13.3-2-53-0; Usman Tariq 7-0-25-0.

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