13 January 2004	Tuesday	20 Ziqa'ad 1424

KARACHI, Jan 12: Left-arm medium-pacer Stephen John claimed a hat trick on Monday as Bangladesh 'A' collapsed to 118 in their first innings against Pakistan Customs in the Patron's Trophy Pool 'A' fixture at National Stadium.

The 29-year-old Sialkot-born John dismissed Moniruzzaman, Bangladesh 'A' skipper Tushar Imran and Halim Shah with the first three deliveries of his fourth over from the Pavillion End just before lunch after Customs elected to bowl first.

Naseeruddin Farooque offered some fight in making 41 off 94 balls, striking six boundaries in the process. The touring team were eventually all out 10 minutes prior to the scheduled tea interval with John taking six for 44 in 15 overs.

Fast bowler Imran Ali chipped in with three for 16 in 14 overs. Customs, in reply, were 150 for six at draw of stumps with Kamran Hussain (10) and Junaid Zia (22) at the crease. When play was called off because of fading light, a total of 8.3 overs still were left to be bowled. Left-handed Naseem Khan played a blazing 70-ball innings of 69 that included 12 hits to the fence.

Scoreboard

BANGLADESH 'A' (1st Innings):

Rashidul Hoque c Shahbaz b Junaid 15

Moniruzzaman c Shahbaz b John 19

Naseeruddin Farooque c Shahbaz b Imran 41

Tushar Imran lbw b John 0

Halim Shah lbw b John 0

Mazharul Hoque lbw b Imran 16

Anwar Hossain lbw b John 0

Alamgir Kabir c Shahbaz b John 0

Manjural Islam not out 5

Ashraful Hoque c Shahbaz b Imran 1

EXTRAS (LB-5, NB-16) 21

TOTAL (all out, 46 overs) 118

FALL OF WKTS: 1-31, 2-50, 3-50, 4-50, 5-89, 6-100, 7-100, 8-102, 9-110.

BOWLING: Imran Ali 14-7-16-3 (1nb); Junaid Zia 9-2-26-1; Stephen John 15-3-44-5 (10nb); Aamir Bashir 8-1-27-0 (5nb).

PAKISTAN CUSTOMS (1st Innings):

Kashif Siddique c Anwar b Manjural 6

Bilal Khilji c Naseer b Alamgir 18

Naseem Khan b Fahim 69

Aamir Bashir run out 13

Fahad Iqbal c Anwar b Alamgir 5

Kamran Hussain not out 10

Shahbaz Butt lbw b Alamgir 4

Junaid Zia not out 22

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-1, W-1) 3

TOTAL (for six wkts, 35.3 overs) 150

FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 2-49, 3-109, 4-114, 5-119, 6-123.

TO BAT: Shahbaz Butt, Stephen John, Imran Ali.

BOWLING (to-date): Manjural Islam 10-2-32-1; Alamgir Kabir 13-2-45-3 (1w); Ashraful Hoque 9.3-0-66-0; Fahim Muntasir 3-1-5-1.

UMPIRES: Islam Khan and Mian Aslam.

MATCH REFEREE: Mahmood Rasheed.