December 30, 2002	Monday	Shawwal 25, 1423

Please Visit our Sponsor (Ads open in separate window)

KARACHI, Dec 29: A sensible knock of 74 by Ahmer Saeed enabled Pak PWD take a slender but vital 41-run first innings lead over Karachi Whites on the third day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Group-II fixture at National Stadium on Sunday.

PWD eventually reached 343 in reply to the hosts’ 302 after resuming at 237 for five. Captain Iqbal Imam scored 53 while adding 98 for the sixth wicket with Ahmer.

Karachi Whites wiped off the deficit and were in front at stumps by 99 runs with eight second innings wickets intact.

Former Test off-spinner Arshad Khan completed a remarkable match by claiming 15 wickets for 111 runs as Allied Bank Limited (ABL) recorded their second victory in the championship, thrashing Bahawalpur by 10 wickets at Bahawalpur Stadium.

The ABL skipper followed his first innings haul of seven for 25 with eight for 86 in 40 overs as Bahawalpur were all out for 257 in their second knock.

Hosts Multan also achieved a three-day win, overwhelming Dadu by innings and 11 runs at Multan Cricket Stadium.

Scoreboard

KARACHI WHITES (1st Innings) 302 (Agha Sabir 52; Rajesh Ramesh 5-91).

PAK PWD (1st Innings, overnight 237-5):

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 b Owais 53

Ahmer Saeed c Amin b Nasir 74

Rauf Akbar c Amin b Irfan 18

Aftab Ahmed c Owais b Irfan 0

Rajesh Ramesh c Maisam b Nasir 1

Shakeel-ur-Rehman not out 0

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-13, W-20) 36

TOTAL (all out, 111.2 overs) 343

FALL OF WKTS: 1-20, 2-52, 3-54, 4-167, 5-171, 6-269, 7-327, 8-342, 9-343.

BOWLING: Owais Athar 28-5-93-2; Nasir Khan 39-11-104-4; Faisal Mirza 18-4-59-2; Irfanuddin 17.2-4-54-2; Maisam Hasnain 9-3-17-0.

KARACHI WHITES (2nd Innings):

Agha Sabir c Afsar b Shakeel 33

Maisam Hasnain c Afsar b Rauf 31

Wasim Naeem not out 58

Asim Kamal not out 12

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-4) 8

TOTAL (for two wkts, 42 overs) 142

FALL OF WKTS: 1-44, 2-123.

BOWLING (to-date): Shakeel-ur-Rehman 12-3-39-1; Rauf Akbar 13-4-36-1; Rajesh Ramesh 5-1-27-0; Aftab Ahmed 10-1-29-0; Iqbal Imam 2-0-3-0.

Summarised scores of other Group-II matches:

*At Bahawalpur Stadium, Bahawalpur:

Allied Bank beat Bahawalpur by 10 wickets.

BAHAWALPUR 81 (Mohammad Rashid 33; Arshad Khan 7-25) and 267 (Kamran Hussain 54, Maqsood Akbar 48; Arshad Khan 8-86).

ALLIED BANK 324-9 dec (Ijaz Ahmed Jr 75, Aamir Hanif 54, Mohammad Zahid Sr 50, Naved Latif 47, Wajahatullah Wasti 43; Faisal Elahi 4-74) and 17-0.

*At Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan:

Multan beat Dadu by an innings and 11 runs.

DADU 149 (Mohammad Saleem 61; Naeem Iqbal 4-35, Azhar Abbas 3-38) and 164 (Shahid Qambrani 50; Farhan Abbasi 4-36, Naeem Iqbal 2-45).

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