December 30, 2003	Tuesday	Ziqa’ad 6, 1424

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KARACHI, Dec 29: Wapda’s opening bowlers Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan and Sarfraz Ahmed shared eight wickets as Bangladesh ‘A’ were bundled out for 166 in their first innings in the Patron’s Trophy Pool ‘A’ fixture at UBL Sports Complex on Monday.

Invited to bat first by Tariq Aziz, who is leading Wapda in this game, the tourists had a traumatic opening session as they lost five wickets for 49 runs.

Hannan Sarkar, however, led from the front with a defiant knock of 64 in 257 minutes until he was eighth out at 137. Sarfraz, the tall left-arm fast bowler, had the Bangladesh skipper clipping a catch to Asif Hussain at cover.

The only partnership of substance in an otherwise disappointing innings was provided by Hannan, who stroked seven boundaries while facing 179 balls, and Mosaddek Hossain (26). The seventh-wicket pair added 57 in 86 minutes.

Rana Naveed ended the innings by clean bowling Alamgir Kabir to finish with four for 51. Sarfraz was more impressive in taking four for 31 in 21 overs.

Wapda replied with 58 for two in the remaining 18 overs of the opening day.

Scoreboard

BANGLADESH ‘A’ (1st Innings):

Hannan Sarkar c Asif b Sarfraz 64

Shahriar Hossain c and b Sarfraz 15

Moniruzzaman c Tariq b Sarfraz 0

Mohammad Ashraful c and b Rana Naveed 1

Ehsanul Hoque lbw b Rana Naveed 0

Mohammad Selim b Rana Naveed 4

Jamaluddin Babu b Faisal 10

Mosaddek Hossain c sub b Farooq 26

Manjural Islam Rana not out 18

Anwar Hossain Monir lbw b Sarfraz 6

Alamgir Kabir b Rana Naveed 5

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-10, NB-3) 17

TOTAL (all out, 69 overs) 166

FALL OF WKTS: 1-23, 2-29, 3-40, 4-40, 5-46, 6-78, 7-135, 8-137, 9-159.

BOWLING: Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 24.1-5-51-4; Sarfraz Ahmed 21-8-31-4; Aqeel Ahmed 10-1-42-0; Faisal Irfan 9-6-7-1; Farooq Iqbal 5-1-21-1.

WAPDA (1st Innings):

Tariq Aziz lbw b Alamgir 5

Asif Hussain not out 22

M. Zaman c Ashraful b Manjural 27

Aqeel Ahmed not out 2

EXTRAS (B-1, W-1) 2

TOTAL (for two wkts, 18 overs) 58

FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-48.

TO BAT: Adil Nisar, Shoaib Khan, Hasan Adnan, Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan, Farooq Iqbal, Sarfraz Ahmed, Faisal Irfan.

BOWLING (to-date): Anwar Hossain Monir 5-0-20-0; Alamgir Kabir 7-1-22-1; Manjural Islam Rana 4-0-8-1; Mosaddek Hossain 2-0-7-0.

UMPIRES: Riazuddin and Ehtesham-ul-Haq.

MATCH REFEREE: Munawwar Agha.