December 29, 2002	Sunday	Shawwal 24, 1423

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KARACHI, Dec 28: The Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Group-II fixture between Karachi Whites and Pak PWD was evenly poised after the second day’s play at National Stadium on Saturday.

PWD recovered from 177 for five to reach stumps by extending their total by another 60 runs without further loss with skipper Iqbal Imam (35) and Ahmer Saeed (27) at the crease.

The hosts had earlier added just 19 runs to their Friday’s tally of 283 for eight and were eventually all out for 302.

PWD’s batting heroes were opener Faisal Athar (79 off 133 balls, 16 fours) and Saad Wasim (51 off 99 balls, eight fours). The pair added 113 for the fourth wicket.

Meanwhile, Allied Bank Limited (ABL) edged closer to their second straight victory after taking huge first innings lead of 247 over hosts Bahawalpur at Bahawalpur Stadium.

Bahawalpur ran into more trouble as Arshad Khan, the ABL captain, took three wickets to follow his haul of seven for 25 on Friday. The home team were reeling at 110 for four in its second outing.

Multan, the home team, also were sitting pretty in their tie against  Dadu at Multan Cricket Stadium. The hosts made 324 in reply to Dadu’s first innings tally of 149.

Scoreboard

KARACHI WHITES (1st Innings, overnight 283-8):

Agha Sabir c Afsar b Ramesh 52

Maisam Hasnain lbw b Ramesh 31

Wasim Naeem c and b Ramesh 11

Asim Kamal lbw b Ramesh 37

Mohammad Masroor lbw b Rauf 31

Fahadullah c Aftab b Ramesh 11

Amin-ur-Rehman c Afsar b Ramesh 15

Faisal Mirza lbw b Shakeel 34

Owais Athar c Ahmer b Aftab 9

Irfanuddin not out 32

Nasir Khan b Shakeel 14

EXTRAS (B-12, LB-9, W-1, NB-3) 25

TOTAL (all out, 90.1 overs) 302

FALL OF WKTS: 1-69, 2-98, 3-101, 4-163, 5-185, 6-185, 7-201, 8-217, 9-284.

BOWLING: Shakeel-ur-Rehman 24.1-6-71-2; Rauf Akbar 24-8-55-2; Aftab Ahmed 17-1-55-1; Rajesh Ramesh 21-2-91-5; Iqbal Imam 4-0-9-0.

PAK PWD (1st Innings):

Faisal Athar c Asim b Nasir 79

Sikander Hayat b Nasir 5

Zeeshan Pervez c Agha Sabir b Owais 17

Afsar Nawaz c Masroor b Faisal 0

Saad Wasim c Amin b Faisal 51

Iqbal Imam not out 35

Ahmer Saeed not out 27

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-8, W-14) 23

TOTAL (for five wkts, 73 overs) 237

FALL OF WKTS: 1-20, 2-52, 3-54, 4-167, 5-177.

TO BAT: Aftab Ahmed, Rajesh Ramesh, Rauf Akbar, Shakeel-ur-Rehman.

BOWLING (to-date): Owais Athar 19-4-71-1; Nasir Khan 25-7-67-2; Faisal Athar 12-2-45-2; Irfanuddin 9-2-30-0; Maisam Hasnain 8-3-15-0.

Summarised scores of other Group-II matches:

*At Bahawalpur Stadium, Bahawalpur:

BAHAWALPUR 81 in 34.5 overs (Mohammad Rashid 33; Arshad Khan 7-25) and 110-4 in 49 overs (Maqsood Akbar 48; Arshad Khan 3-32).

ALLIED BANK 324-9 declared in 89.1 overs (Ijaz Ahmed Jr 75, Aamir Hanif 54, Mohammad Zahid Sr 50, Naved Latif 47, Wajahatullah Wasti 43; Faisal Elahi 4-74).

*At Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan:

DADU 149 in 67.2 overs (Mohammad Saleem 61; Naeem Iqbal 4-35, Azhar Abbas 3-38) and 0-0.

MULTAN 324 in 96 overs (Mohammad Ali Niazi 84, Mohammad Ali Rafi 53, Azhar Abbas 44 not out;  Akhtar Bangash 3-51, Shahid Qambrani 3-69).