January 25, 2003	Saturday	Ziqa’ad 21, 1423

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KARACHI, Jan 24: Pakistan discard Misbah-ul-Haq hammered his fourth century in five matches as Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) inched closer to a quarterfinal berth in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy on Friday.

Misbah was unconquered on 102 in KRL’s second innings score of 342 for seven in this pre-quarterfinal clash against Allied Bank Limited (ABL).

Giving Misbah company was Jaffar Nazir (21) in the unbroken eighth-wicket stand of 51.

Slow left-armer Mohammad Zahid claimed five for 83 on a docile UBL Sports Complex strip.

Misbah, whose fine 207-ball knock was laced with 11 fours and a brace of sixes, was also involved in a seventh-wicket partnership of 102 with Mohammad Asif (42) Nightwatchman Zulfiqar Jan had earlier contributed 53.

KRL now enjoy an overall lead of 384 with just one day remaining.

Scoreboard

KRL (1st Innings) 212 (Misbah-ul-Haq 76).

ALLIED BANK (1st Innings) 175 (Jaffar Nazir 5-45, Mohammad Asif 5-100).

KRL (2nd Innings, overnight 141-3):

Ali Naqvi c Humayun b Zahid 34

M. Ramzan c and b Zahid 60

Saeed Anwar Jr c Wajahat b Arshad 25

Intikhab Alam c sub b Zahid 23

Zulfiqar Jan c Manzoor b Zahid 53

Misbah-ul-Haq not out 102

Asif Mahmood lbw b Zahid 0

Mohammad Asif lbw b Arshad 42

Jaffar Nazir not out 21

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-3, NB-2) 7

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 123 overs) 347

FALL OF WKTS: 1-65, 2-103, 3-132, 4-165, 5-186, 6-194, 7-296.

BOWLING (to-date): Aamir Nazir 22-6-67-0; Tanvir Ahmed 26-3-87-0; Bilal Asad 3-1-11-0; Mohammad Zahid Sr 41-14-83-5; Manzoor Akhtar 3-0-17-0; Arshad Khan 28-9-77-2.