January 5, 2003	Sunday	Ziqa’ad 1, 1423

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KARACHI, Jan 4: Former Test medium-pacer claimed a 10-wicket match haul as Allied Bank Limited (ABL) trounced defending champions Karachi Whites by an innings and 45 runs inside three days in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy fixture at National Stadium on Saturday.

Aqib took six for 54 to help his side bundled out Karachi Whites for 209 in their second innings. The Pakistan junior team’s coach on Thursday captured four for 51 in the hosts’ first innings.

ABL’s third victory in as many matches further consolidated their spot as Group-II leaders with a maximum 36 points.

Tahir Khan, who made an unbeaten 67 off 68 balls with nine fours) and Rizwan Saeed (44 off 60 balls, six fours) were involved in a face-saving partnership of 95 runs after Karachi Whites nosedived to 114 for eight.

Scoreboard

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

ALLIED BANK (1st Innings, overnight 365-8):

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 c Wasim b Nasir 97

Rashid Latif c Amin b Nasir 7

Ata-ur-Rehman c and b Tahir 4

Tanvir Ahmed c Irfan b Nasir 76

Aqib Javed not out 10

EXTRAS (LB-6, W-8, NB-10) 24

TOTAL (all out, 113.1 overs) 449

FALL OF WKTS: 1-17, 2-65, 3-100, 4-138, 5-236, 6-274, 7-293, 8-298, 9-416.

BOWLING: Nasir Khan 36.1-2-133-3 (1nb, 5w); Owais Athar 31-4-141-3 (1w); Rizwan Saeed 6.2-0-42-1 (9nb, 1w); Tahir Khan 32.4-9-96-2; Maisam Hasnain 6-0-27-1; Mohammad Masroor 1-0-4-0.

KARACHI WHITES (2nd Innings):

Agha Sabir c Ijaz b Tanvir 0

Maisam Hasnain c Rashid b Aqib 42

Wasim Naeem lbw b Tanvir 0

Mohammad Masroor lbw b Aqib 7

Asim Kamal c Tanvir b Aqib 6

Fahadullah b Aqib 8

Amin-ur-Rehman c Ijaz b Aqib 18

Tahir Khan not out 67

Owais Athar c Rashid b Aqib 4

Rizwan Saeed c Usman b Ata 44

Nasir Khan b Ata 0

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-6, NB-1) 13

TOTAL (all out, 46.2 overs) 209

FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-1, 3-20, 4-28, 5-44, 6-75, 7-96, 8-114, 9-209.

BOWLING: Aqib Javed 19-7-54-6 (1nb); Tanvir Ahmed 13-1-79-2; Arshad Khan 10-3-30-0; Ata-ur-Rehman 4.2-0-35-2 (1nb).

RESULT: Allied Bank won by an innings and 45 runs.

Summarised scores of other Group-II matches:

*At Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan:

PAK PWD 365 (Afsar Nawaz 137, Riaz Shaikh 130, Iqbal Imam 33; Azhar Abbas 6-108);

MULTAN 190-4 (Zeeshan Khan 105 not out, Mohammad Ali Niazi 31; Rauf Akbar 2-42).

*At Bahawalpur Stadium, Bahawalpur:

BAHAWALPUR 241 (Bilal Rana 65, Hasnain Raza 43, Maqsood Akbar 32, Ahsan Raza 31; Rizwan Ahmed 6-88, Athar Laeeq 4-58) and 262-8 dec (Maqsood Akbar 68, Mohammad Rashid 57, Kamran Hussain 54, Ahsan Raza 35; Wasim Burfat 4-61, Rizwan Ahmed 3-88);

DADU 148 (Akhtar Bangash 44, Rizwan Ahmed 40; Kamran Hussain 3-19, Faisal Elahi 2-11, Maqbool Hussain 2-27) and 23-1.