KARACHI, Jan 16: Rest of Sindh were battling to avoid innings defeat after they were forced to follow-on by Karachi Blues on the penultimate day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I fixture at KCCA Stadium here Wednesday.

Sindh were tottering at 100 for six in their second innings, still 111 runs away from making Karachi Blues bat again. Pacer Rizwan Saeed claimed three of the first four wickets in a hostile opening spell.

Earlier, Sindh did well to reach 255 in their first knock after a middle order collapse saw them in tatters at 140 for six with the Blues skipper Mohammad Javed taking three for eight in 37 balls.

Abdul Rahim, forced to retire at 183 for six with a thigh strain after making 31, finished with a courageous 55 off 100 balls with four fours. Fellow left-hander Rizwan Qureshi was run out for 48 (off 98 balls, two fours). The pair added 45 for the last wicket.

Scoreboard

KARACHI BLUES (1st Innings) 467-7 dec (Agha Sabir 154, Maisam Hasnain 102 not out, Asim Kamal 51).

REST OF SINDH (1st Innings, overnight 120-3):

Akhtar Bangash st Atiq b Fahim Sr 72

Hanif-ur-Rehman c Asim b Fahim Sr 26

Shahid Qambrani b Riaz 3

Mujahid Solangi c Atiq b Javed 13

Ali Nawaz lbw b Javed 8

Nasrullah Memon b Javed 0

Abdul Rahim not out 55

Rizwan Qureshi run out 48

Ali Raza b Riaz 2

Kashif Pervez b Riaz 4

Naeem Ghauri lbw b Fahim Sr 14

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-3, NB-5) 10

TOTAL (all out, 78.1 overs) 255

FALL OF WKTS: 1-55, 2-98, 3-114, 4-120, 5-120, 6-140, 7-181, 8-185, 9-210.

BOWLING: Rizwan Saeed 15-4-42-0; Mohammad Javed 17-4-45-3 (4nb); Riaz Shaikh 28-2-99-3 (1nb); Fahim Ahmed Sr 18.1-3-64-3.

REST OF SINDH (2nd Innings):

Hanif-ur-Rehman c A.Sabir b Rizwan 24

Akhtar Bangash run out 1

Ali Nawaz lbw b Rizwan 11

Shahid Qambrani b Riaz 13

Mujahid Solangi b Rizwan 3

Nasrullah Memon c Ashraf b Riaz 19

Rizwan Qureshi not out 15

Naeem Ghauri not out 10

EXTRAS (B-1, NB-3) 4

TOTAL (for six wkts, 35 overs) 100

FALL OF WKTS: 1-16, 2-37, 3-40, 4-46,

5-53, 6-74.

BOWLING (to-date): Mohammad Javed 9-2-26-0 (3nb); Rizwan Saeed 10-4-29-3; Fahim Ahmed Sr 9-3-25-0; Riaz Shaikh 7-1-19-2.