Usman Tariq slams double century

Published February 14, 2002

KARACHI, Feb 13: Usman Tariq hammered a career-best 210 and Rehan Rafiq an unbeaten 102 as Bahawalpur ran up a mammoth total of 526 for declared in their first innings in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I tie against Sargodha at Sports Stadium in Sargodha Wednesday.

The home team lost opener Khurram Niazi for a duck but recovered to reach 56 for one at close of play on the second day.

Usman, who was 163 overnight, batted for seven hours and 40 minutes and faced 342 deliveries. The second-wicket partnership between Usman and skipper Bilal Khilji (68) realized 210 in 226 minutes.

Scoreboard

BAHAWALPUR (1st Innings, overnight 303-1):

Hammad Tariq b Ahmed Hayat 47

Usman Tariq c Sarfraz b Hafeez 210

Bilal Khilji b Sarfraz 68

Rehan Rafiq not out 102

Azhar Shah lbw b Sarfraz 9

Inam-ul-Haq lbw b Ahmed Hayat 7

Amjad Jam lbw b Ahmed Hayat 0

Faisal Elahi c M. Ali b Hafeez 10

Tahir Maqsood b Ahmed Hayat 4

EXTRAS (B-29, LB-17, W-1, NB-22) 69

TOTAL (for eight dec, 151.2 overs) 526

FALL OF WKTS: 1-106, 2-316, 3-411, 4-437, 5-459, 6-459, 7-494, 8-526.

DID NOT BAT: Zeeshan Khalid, Farooq Hameed.

BOWLING: Ahmed Hayat 23.2-2-89-4; Mohammad Sarfraz 30-2-101-2; Jibran Khan Niazi 3-1-9-0; Mohammad Ali 28-2-121-0; Mohammad Hafeez 45-12-94-2; Mohammad Nawaz 21-4-53-0; Misbah-ul-Haq 1-0-13-0.

SARGODHA (1st Innings):

Mohammad Hafeez not out 29

Khurram Niazi lbw b Bilal 0

Mohammad Nawaz not out 26

EXTRAS (NB-1) 1

TOTAL (for one wkt, 17 overs) 56

FALL OF WKT: 1-11.

BOWLING (to-date): Tahir Maqsood 5-2-23-0; Bilal Khilji 6-2-16-1; Zeeshan Khalid 4-1-12-0; Amjad Jam 2-1-5-0.

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