Ijaz leads Faisalabad onslaught

Published February 10, 2002

KARACHI, Feb 9: Former Test batsman hammered 110 to guide Faisalabad into an unbeatable position on the penultimate day of the Quaid Trophy Grade-I match against Bahawalpur at Bahawalpur Stadium Saturday.

According to details available here, Faisalabad batted all day Saturday to carry their score from the overnight 92 for no loss to 393 for six.

Openers Zahoor Elahi (77) and Mohammad Ramzan (59) laid a solid foundation for the visiting team by sharing a partnership of 130.

Scoreboard

FAISALABAD (1st Innings) 204 (Zahoor Elahi 57, Mohammad Zahid 5-65, Murtaza Hussain 5-67).

BAHAWALPUR (1st Innings) 264 (Hammad Tariq 138; Zahoor Elahi 4-45, Aqeel Ahmed 4-131).

FAISALABAD (2nd Innings, overnight 92-0):

Mohammad Ramzan c Usman b Zahid 59

Zahoor Elahi lbw b Murtaza 77

Farooq Iqbal b Zahid 64

Ijaz Ahmed Jr c and b Zahid 110

Wasim Haider st Sajjad b Zahid 21

Sohail Nazir lbw b Maqbool 0

Fida Hussain not out 8

Sarfraz Butt not out 27

EXTRAS (B-13, LB-10, NB-4) 27

TOTAL (for six wkts, 123 overs) 393

FALL OF WKTS: 1-130, 2-152, 3-293, 4-353, 5-354, 6-360.

BOWLING (to-date): Tahir Maqsood 11-1-43-0; Bilal Khilji 1-0-10-0; Mohammad Zahid 39-9-81-4; Murtaza Hussain 39-4-121-1; Maqbool Hussain 23-3-71-1; Usman Tariq 4-0-17-0; Faisal Elahi 6-0-27-0.

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