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RAWALPINDI, Feb 12: Lahore Whites powered their way to a big first innings total Tuesday in their Quaid Trophy Grade-I game against Rawalpindi, thanks to patient half centuries by a trio of their batsmen.
After being put in by Rawalpindi captain Naveed Ashraf, Lahore were an impressive 315 for eight at the close of first day’s play at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
Opener Kashif Siddique and Rizwan Aslam struck identical scores of 74 and were partners for the second wicket that yielded 105.
Kashif smashed 11 boundaries in a 132 minute stay at the wicket and faced 111 balls while Rizwan was more patient and took 226 minutes for his knock and hit 12 fours.
However, a middle order collapse that saw the visitors lose three wickets at the total of 173 briefly put them off track but they recovered well in time with Adnan Usman stroking a fine unbeaten 71. His innings had seven fours.
The wicket-taking honours went to Yasir Arafat who took three for 82 while Mohammad Zahid had figures of two for 53.
LAHORE WHITES (1st Innings)
Kamran Sajid lbw b M. Zahid 2
Kashif Siddique b Shiraz 74
Rizwan Aslam c Arif b Naveed 74
Faisal Mahmood c Naveed b Zahid 0
Kamran Akmal c Nadeem b Yasir 30
Tariq Rashid b Yasir 0
Tariq Mahmood b Yasir 0
Adnan Usman not out 71
Rizwan Arshad c Naseer b Babar 22
Mohammad Asif not out 11
EXTRAS (LB-17, W-1, NB-13) 31
TOTAL (for eight wkts, 83 overs) 315
FALL OF WKTS: 1-17, 2-122, 3-123, 4-173, 5-173, 6-173, 7-216, 8-288.
BOWLING (to-date): Mohammad Zahid 16-3-53-2; Naeem Akhtar 16-4-41-0; Yasir Arafat 17-2-82-3; Shiraz Khalid 16-6-60-1; Ayaz Akbar 3-0-29-0; Babar Naeem 8-1-21-1; Naveed Ashraf 6-2-10-1; Shahid Javed 1-0-2-0.
UMPIRES: Afzaal Ahmed and Riazuddin.
MATCH REFEREE: Azmat Rana.
