December 30, 2003	Tuesday	Ziqa’ad 6, 1424

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KARACHI, Dec 29: A late order collapse saw PIA struggling to 208 for eight in their first innings against PTCL on the opening day of the Patron’s Trophy Pool ‘A’ match at National Stadium on Monday.

The second new ball, taken after the national champions had reached 181 for four after being put in, dashed PIA’s hopes of reaching a respectable total.

The wrecker-in-chief was speedster Riaz Afridi. The youngster, playing in his maiden first-class season, captured three of the four wickets that fell in the final hour.

He got rid of opener Kamran Sajid for a patient 72 before dismissing Zahid Fazal (17) and Saqlain Mushtaq with successive deliveries to end the day with excellent figures of five for 63 in 28 overs.

Left-handed Kamran batted 12 minutes short of six hours and slammed seven boundaries during his 248-ball innings.

Scoreboard

PIA (1st Innings):

Kamran Sajid c Fayyaz b Riaz 72

Ghulam Ali c Zulqarnain b Riaz 21

Mahmood Hamid b Nauman 37

Asif Mujtaba c Shahzad b Riaz 23

Bazid Khan c Zulqarnain b Hussain 14

Zahid Fazal c Zulqarnain b Riaz 17

Ahmed Zeeshan Malik lbw b Hussain 7

Saqlain Mushtaq b Riaz 0

Aizaz bin Ilyas not out 3

Najaf Shah not out 0

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-6, W-1, NB-4) 14

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 90 overs) 208

FALL OF WKTS: 1-39, 2-95, 3-141, 4-168, 5-181, 6-194, 7-194, 8-208.

TO BAT: Ali Gohar.

BOWLING (to-date): Riaz Afridi 28-10-63-5 (4nb); Nauman Habib 16-5-33-1 (1w); Mohammad Hussain 14-6-24-2; Yasin Bari 19-9-41-0; Jawwad Hameed 13-1-38-0.

PTCL: Babar Naeem, Aqeel Mukhtar, Ashar Zaidi, Mohammad Fayyaz, Shahzad Malik, Mohammad Hussain, Zulqarnain Haider, Jawwad Hameed, Nauman Habib, Riaz Afridi, Yasin Bari.

UMPIRES: Shakeel Khan and Siddique Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Ilyas Khan.