Solid start by Gujranwala

Published February 19, 2002

KARACHI, Feb 18: Gujranwala made steady progress to reach 227 for four in their first innings on the first day of their Quaid Trophy Grade-I tie against Faisalabad at Jinnah Stadium in Gujranwala Monday.

Openers Ehtesham Younis (39) and Rizwan Malik (61) laid the platform for a big total by sharing a partnership of 91 in 127 minutes after Mubashir Nazir won the toss.

Imran Abbas then kept up the good work by striking an unbeaten 60.

Scoreboard

GUJRANWALA (1st Innings):

Ehtesham Younis c Yasir b M. Asif 39

Rizwan Malik c Asif Hussain b Maqsood 61

Basit Butt c sub b Nadeem 23

Imran Abbas not out 60

Kamran Younis b Maqsood 18

Asim Munir not out 21

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-2) 5

TOTAL (for four wkts, 84 overs) 227

FALL OF WKTS: 1-91, 2-111, 3-144, 4-175.

TO BAT: Tariq Javed, Hafiz Khalid, Abdul Rehman, Mubashir Nazir, Adnan Farooq.

BOWLING (to-date): Nadeem Afzal 11-1-32-1; Moazzam Ali 16-2-34-0; Mohammad Maqsood 28-2-95-2; Yasir Mushtaq 15-3-27-0; Mohammad Asif 14-4-34-1.

UMPIRES: Athar Zaidi and Siddique Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Sultan Rana.

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