December 25, 2003	Thursday	Ziqa’ad 1, 1424

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HYDERABAD, Dec 24: Promising batsman Bazid Khan scored a career-best 134 to help PIA reach 417 in their first innings on the third day of the Patron’s Trophy Pool ‘A’ match at Niaz Stadium on Wednesday.

Bazid, the 23-year-old son of former Pakistan captain Majid Khan, struck 10 boundaries during his fourth century in first-class cricket. The right-hander, overnight 27, occupied the crease for almost seven hours and faced 299 balls.

Wicket-keeper Ahmed Zeeshan Malik showed his batting prowess by making 34 while putting 102 for the seventh-wicket with Bazid after PIA skipper Asif Mujtaba had gone cheaply this morning.

The former Test left-hander added just two more runs to his Tuesday’s tally of 16.

Facing a deficit of 134, Wapda closed the day at eight for no wicket in the second innings.

Scoreboard

WAPDA (1st Innings) 283 (Hasan Adnan 81, Zahid Umar 50; Najaf Shah 4-68).

PIA (1st Innings, overnight 202-3):

Kamran Sajid c Adil b Sarfraz 68

Ghulam Ali c Rizwan b Aqeel 50

Mahmood Hamid run out 27

Bazid Khan c Hasan b Aqeel 134

Asif Mujtaba lbw b Rana Naveed 18

Zahid Fazal c Shoaib b Aqeel 26

Ahmed Zeeshan Malik run out 34

Saqlain Mushtaq c R. Naveed b Sarfraz 34

Aizaz bin Ilyas run out 4

Najaf Shah not out 0

EXTRAS (B-10, LB-5, NB-7) 22

TOTAL (for nine decl, 168.5 overs) 417

FALL OF WKTS: 1-98, 2-147, 3-158, 4-206, 5-257, 6-359, 7-396, 8-413, 9-417.

DID NOT BAT: Ali Gohar.

BOWLING: Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 31-12-51-1; Sarfraz Ahmed 46.5-15-102-3; Waqas Ahmed 35-14-85-0 (1nb); Aqeel Ahmed 49-4-152-3 (6nb); Shoaib Khan 7-2-12-0.

WAPDA (2nd Innings):

Asif Hussain not out 1

Adil Nisar not out 6

EXTRAS (B-1) 1

TOTAL (for no wkt, 2 overs) 8

BOWLING (to-date): Najaf Shah 1-0-7-0; Aizaz bin Ilyas 1-0-1-0.