December 30, 2003	Tuesday	Ziqa’ad 6, 1424

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KARACHI, Dec 29: Skipper Aamir Bashir hit his second century of the season as Pakistan Customs amassed 340 for eight in their first innings on the first day of the Patron’s Trophy Pool ‘A’ tie against DHA at Quaid-i-Azam Cricket Park on Monday.

Aamir, who won the toss, made 108 in almost four-and-a-half hours with the aid of 17 boundaries while facing 190 deliveries. The 31-year-old Multan-born right-hander scored 115 against PTCL at the same venue in the first round game earlier this month.

Fahad Iqbal was the other star for the Customs. The younger brother of Test batsman Faisal Iqbal and nephew of Pakistan batting legend Javed Miandad made 73 on his first-class debut before he was run out in a terrible mix-up with his captain.

Fahad’s 127-ball knock was laced with 10 fours and one six and his fourth-wicket partnership with Aamir was worth 146 in just over three hours.

Nasir Khan, the left-arm medium-pacer, bagged five for 89.

Scoreboard

PAKISTAN CUSTOMS (1st Innings):

Kashif Siddique c Wajid b Anis 46

Khurram Siddique c Wasim b Nasir 8

Naseem Khan c Aamir b Nasir 29

Aamir Bashir b Nasir 108

Fahad Iqbal run out 73

Kamran Hussain c Mohtashim b Rizwan 37

Mohtashim Rasheed lbw b Nasir 0

Hanif Malik lbw b Nasir 0

Shahid Mahmood not out 21

Uqaab Khan not out 2

EXTRAS (LB-6, NB-10) 16

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 90 overs) 340

FALL OF WKTS: 1-18, 2-80, 3-96, 4-242, 5-304, 6-305, 7-305, 8-312.

TO BAT: Uzair-ul-Haq.

BOWLING (to-date): Umair Hasan 11-1-46-0 (5nb); Nasir Khan 29-8-89-5 (5nb); Anis Shaikh 18-1-97-1; Rizwan Qureshi 26-4-84-1; Wasim Naeem 5-0-11-0; Asmatullah 1-0-7-0.

DHA: Asif Zakir, Asmatullah, Mohtashim Ali, Wasim Naeem, Sharjeel Ashraf, Wajid Ali, Aamir Iqbal, Rizwan Qureshi, Anis Shaikh, Umair Hasan, Nasir Khan.

UMPIRES: Ijaz Ahmed and Iftikhar Malik.

MATCH REFEREE: Anwar Khan.