MULTAN, Oct 2: An unbeaten 161 by skipper Khalid Latif put Karachi Whites in an impregnable position on the second day of the National Junior (Under-19) Grade-I Cricket Championship final against Lahore Blues at Multan Cricket Stadium here Wednesday.
Karachi Whites obtained a first innings lead of 134 after piling up 310 for six in their allotted quota of 90 overs.
Lahore Blues then lost openers Fahad-ul-Haq (0) and Shahnawaz Malik to reach stumps at 54 for two with two days’ play remaining.
Besides Khalid, Mubashir Ahmed was also among the runs after Karachi Whites resumed at 52 for no loss in reply to Lahore Blues’ first innings score of 176.
Mansoor Ali was stumped after making 33 off 47 deliveries.
LAHORE BLUES (1st Innings):
Fahad-ul-Haq c Naeem b Tabish 2
Shahnawaz Malik c Mubashir b Tabish 2
Adnan Butt c Naeem b Sharif 16
Azhar Ali c Mubashir b Aftab 58
Asim Ijaz c Naeem b Aftab 25
Atif Ijaz c and Faraz Ahmed 15
Anwar Hafeez run out 0
Mohammad Saeed not out 34
Adnan Akmal b Sharif 10
Khurram Irshad c Atif b Sharif 4
Zeeshan Safeer lbw b Sharif 0
EXTRAS (B-1, W-6, NB-3) 10
TOTAL (all out, 71 overs) 176
FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-11, 3-39, 4-45, 5-115, 6-115, 7-131, 8-166, 9-176.
BOWLING: Sharif Asadullah 16-4-46-4; Tabish Khan 17-3-48-2; Aftab Khan 25-7-45-2; Faraz Ahmed 11-2-26-1; Mansoor Ali 2-0-10-0.
KARACHI WHITES (1st Innings):
Khalid Latif not out 161
Mubashir Ahmed c Khurram b Anwar 71
Atif Ali Zaidi run out 5
Faraz Patel c A. Akmal b Zeeshan 5
A. Sumairi c A. Akmal b Khurram 4
Mansoor Ali st A. Akmal b Anwar 33
Tabish Khan c Zeeshan b Anwar 4
Naeem Ahmed not out 10
EXTRAS (B-3, LB-6, W-1, NB-7) 17
TOTAL (for six wkts, 90 overs) 310
FALL OF WKTS: details not available.
BOWLING: Khurram Irshad 30-10-83-1; Mohammad Saeed 24-6-78-0; Zeeshan Safeer 11-1-61-1; Azhar Ali 11-3-25-0; Atif Ijaz 1-0-4-0; Anwar Hafeez 13-3-50-3.
LAHORE BLUES (2nd Innings):
Fahad-ul-Haq c Naeem b Sharif 0
Shahnawaz Malik c Naeem b Tabish 37
Asim Ijaz not out 13
Anwar Hafeez not out 1
EXTRAS (W-2, NB-1) 3
TOTAL (for two wkts, 18 overs) 54
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-53.
BOWLING (to-date): Sharif Asadullah 9-5-21-1; Tabish Khan 9-3-33-1.
UMPIRES: Iqbal Butt and Sajjad Asghar.
MATCH REFEREE: Abdul Sami Khan.































