Match delicately poised

Published February 15, 2002

KARACHI, Feb 14: Islamabad stumbled to 174 for nine in their second innings Thursday to set up an intriguing final day in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I match against Sheikhupura at Sheikhupura Stadium Thursday.

Islamabad’s overall lead of 269 means Sheikhupura still have a chance of winning this game Friday.

Scoreboard

ISLAMABAD (1st Innings) 342 (Bilal Asad 109, Atif Ashraf 68, Rao Iftikhar 55; Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 6-102, Jaffar Nazir 4-92).

SHEIKHUPURA (1st Innings, overnight 199-6):

Mohammad Azam not out 73

Yasir Bashir c Kashif b Azhar 0

Qaiser Abbas c Rashid b Azhar 49

Saleem Mughal c Kashif b Azhar 4

Naseem Abbas c Kashif b Saad 0

Imran Nazir b Raheel 35

Maqsood Raza b Raheel 21

Faisal Virk c Irfan b R. Iftikhar 14

Sarfraz Kazmi c Azhar b Raheel 5

R. Naveed-ul-Hasan c Rashid b Raheel 17

Jaffar Nazir c Saad b Raheel 4

EXTRAS (B-10, LB-2, W-1, NB-12) 25

TOTAL (all out, 67.2 overs) 247

FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-70, 3-78, 4-87, 5-153, 6-185, 7-208, 8-217, 9-237.

BOWLING: Azhar Mahmood 19-5-56-3; Rao Iftikhar 19-4-63-1; Saad Janjua 9-0-47-1; Iftikhar Hussain 6-4-3-0; Raheel Majeed 14.2-2-66-5.

ISLAMABAD (2nd Innings):

Iftikhar Hussain c Sarfraz b Faisal 29

Raheel Majeed lbw b Jaffar 19

Bilal Asad c Naseem b Faisal 14

Irfan Bhatti lbw b Jaffar 1

Rashid Amin Butt lbw b Jaffar 2

Azhar Mahmood c Sarfraz b Saleem 51

Atif Ashraf b Jaffar 2

Ishtiaq Rabbani run out 34

Rao Iftikhar not out 7

Saad Janjua c R. Naveed b Faisal 1

Raja M. Kashif not out 0

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-8, W-1, NB-6) 23

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 61 overs) 179

FALL OF WKTS: 1-54, 2-58, 3-64, 4-70, 5-79, 6-89, 7-168, 8-176, 9-177.

BOWLING (to-date): Jaffar Nazir 21.5-7-56-4; Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 1-0-4-0; Maqsood Raza 1.1-0-6-0; Qaiser Abbas 2-0-8-0; Faisal Virk 24-9-52-3; Yasir Bashir 4-0-14-0; Imran Nazir 2-0-15-0; Saleem Mughal 5-1-9-1.

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