|
|
|
| February 10, 2002 | Sunday | Ziqa’ad 26, 1422 |
Lahore Blues scent victory
LAHORE, Feb 9: Mohammad Hussain continued his domination with the bat and ball as defending champions Lahore Blues put themselves in sight of victory against Rest of NWFP on the penultimate day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I fixture at LCCA Ground Saturday.
The Blues, who had conceded a 137-run lead on the first innings, then had NWFP tottering at 132 for six in pursuit of a target of 227 with former Test slow left-armer Hussain snapping up five for 36 in 30 splendid overs. He claimed six for 60 in NWFP’s first innings.
Earlier, Hussain completed a fine century after resuming at 93 this morning.
The left-hander was finally out for 126 as Lahore Blues extended their overnight score of 312 to 363 all out.
Hussain’s fine 159-ball knock was laced with 14 fours and three sixes.
Slow left-armer Noorul Amin finished with five for 100 while pacer Sajid Shah took four for 101 (match haul of 11 for 145).
LAHORE BLUES (1st Innings) 105 (Sajid Shah 7-44).
REST OF NWFP (1st Innings) 242 (Bilal Marwat 68, Mohammad Fayyaz 56; Mohammad Hussain 6-60).
LAHORE BLUES (2nd Innings, overnight 312-7):
Imran Farhat lbw b Sajid 4
Salman Butt c Ibrahim b Riaz 0
Saleem Elahi c Ahmed b Noorul 70
Bazid Khan c Ahmed b Sajid 17
Sohail Idrees c Ibrahim b Noorul 8
Zia-ur-Rehman c Fayyaz b Sajid 55
Mohammad Hussain c Fayyaz b Noorul 126
Humayun Farhat c Adnan b Noorul 51
Azhar Ali c sub b Noorul 3
Sajid Ali b Sajid 5
Mudassar Mahboob not out 6
EXTRAS (LB-5, W-2, NB-11) 18
TOTAL (all out, 82.3 overs) 363
FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-4, 3-40, 4-74, 5-140, 6-184, 7-275, 8-316, 9-344.
BOWLING: Sajid Shah 21.3-2-101-4; Riaz Afridi 11-2-49-1; Noorul Amin 31-3-100-5; Yasir Shah 5-0-44-0; Bilal Marwat 12-0-55-0; Mohammad Fayyaz 2-1-9-0.
REST OF NWFP (2nd Innings):
Ahmed Said st Humayun b Hussain 52
Mohsinuddin st Humayun b Hussain 3
Asmatullah b Mudassar 19
Mohammad Fayyaz lbw b Hussain 4
Adnan Raees c Humayun b Hussain 2
Bilal Marwat c Sajid b Hussain 15
Ibrahim Afridi not out 18
Sajid Shah not out 6
EXTRAS (B-7, LB-1, NB-5) 13
TOTAL (for six wkts, 64 overs) 132
FALL OF WKTS: 1-37, 2-63, 3-70, 4-81, 5-104, 6-121.
BOWLING (to-date): Sajid Ali 17-5-49-0; Mudassar Mahboob 10-2-22-1; Mohammad Hussain 30-14-36-5; Azhar Ali 5-1-15-0; Sohail Idrees 1-0-2-0.
|
|
|
|
