December 30, 2003	Tuesday	Ziqa’ad 6, 1424

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KARACHI, Dec 29: Khaqan Arsal was a sole exception as bowlers dominated the opening day of the Patron’s Trophy Pool ‘B’ match at Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar on Monday.

According to details available, Khaqan hammered an unbeaten 104, completing his century with a six off leg-spinner Mohammad Ali Zafar in the day’s last over, as Habib Bank reached 187 for six after Karachi Port Trust (KPT) were skittled out for 100.

The 19-year-old right-hander Khaqan, who also struck 18 fours in his 156-ball knock, led the recovery while dominating the fifth-wicket stand of 103 with Abdul Rehman (30) after the bankers had crashed to 50 for four.

Earlier, Kabir Khan, the ex-Test left-arm paceman, and Sajid Shah narrowly missed their respective hat tricks as they each claimed four wickets. Five of KPT’s batsmen failed to score with three of them getting golden ducks.

Scoreboard

KPT (1st Innings):

Shadab Kabir b Kabir 18

Mohammad Farrukh b Shahid 0

Fahadullah lbw b Kabir 10

Atif Ali Zaidi c Khaqan b Kabir 0

Iqbal Shaikh lbw b Shahid 14

Rashid Hanif b Kabir 0

Farhan Iqbal lbw b Sajid 42

Mohammad Hasnain c Kabir b Sajid 4

Mohammad Ali Zafar b Sajid 0

Adeel Malik not out 10

Fahad Khan c Tahir b Sajid 0

EXTRAS (LB-2) 2

TOTAL (all out, 32.5 overs) 100

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-19, 3-19, 4-40, 5-40, 6-54, 7-63, 8-63, 9-100.

BOWLING: Kabir Khan 13-4-38-4; Shahid Nazir 12-2-30-2; Sajid Shah 7.5-1-30-4.

HABIB BANK (1st Innings):

Asadullah Butt lbw b Hasnain 12

Riffatullah c Fahad Khan b Hasnain 0

Aftab Khan c Fahadullah b Fahad Khan 16

Hasan Raza c Farhan b Hasnain 0

Khaqan Arsal not out 104

Abdul Rehman st Farhan b Rashid 30

Akram Raza b Rashid 0

Sajid Shah not out 16

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-4, NB-4) 9

TOTAL (for six wkts, 55 overs) 187

FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-23, 3-23, 4-50, 5-153, 6-157.

TO BAT: Tahir Rasheed, Kabir Khan, Shahid Nazir.

BOWLING (to-date): Mohammad Hasnain 12-1-44-3 (3nb); Adeel Malik 11-1-55-0; Fahad Khan 8-0-21-1 (1nb); Mohammad Ali Zafar 12-2-34-0; Rashid Hanif 12-1-28-2.

UMPIRES: Z.I. Pasha and Iqbal Butt.

MATCH REFEREE: Ali Zia.