January 4, 2003	Saturday	Shawwal 30, 1423

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KARACHI, Jan 3: Defending champions Karachi Whites were facing an uphill battle after Group-II leaders Allied Bank Limited ABL) amassed 365 for eight in their first innings on the second day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy fixture at National Stadium on Friday.

Replying to hosts’ paltry 195, the bankers added 295 to their overnight total of 70 for two. They now lead by 170 runs with two wickets still intact.

On bright and sunny day, ABL were well served by Ijaz Ahmed Jr (66 off 123 balls, six fours), Naved Latif (71 off 73 balls, 13 fours) and Aamir Hanif, who is unbeaten on a 111-ball 74 that has so far included 12 boundaries.

Earlier, opener Bilal Asad added 18 more to his Thursday’s score of 39. His 57 off 111 balls was laced with eight hits to the fence.

Pacer Owais Athar bowled manfully to return respectable figures of three for 88 on a forgetful day for Karachi Whites.

Scoreboard

KARACHI WHITES (1st Innings) 195 (Aqib Javed 4-51).

ALLIED BANK (1st Innings, overnight 70-2):

Usman Tariq lbw b Owais 5

Bilal Asad c Nasir b Maisam 57

Wajahatullah Wasti b Rizwan 16

Arshad Khan lbw b Owais 16

Ijaz Ahmed Jr c Owais b Tahir 66

Naved Latif c Fahad b Owais 71

Aamir Hanif not out 74

Rashid Latif c Amin b Nasir 7

Ata-ur-Rehman c and b Tahir 4

Tanvir Ahmed not out 28

EXTRAS (LB-6, W-5, NB-10) 21

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 97 overs) 365

FALL OF WKTS: 1-17, 2-65, 3-100, 4-138, 5-236, 6-274, 7-293, 8-298.

TO BAT: Aqib Javed.

BOWLING (to-date): Nasir Khan 29-1-107-1; Owais Athar 23-4-88-3; Rizwan Saeed 6.2-0-42-1; Tahir Khan 32-9-91-2; Maisam Hasnain 6-0-27-1; Mohammad Masroor.

Summarised scores of other Group-II match:

*At Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan:

PAK PWD 365; MULTAN 45-0.