LAHORE, March 16: An indiscretion on part of PCB's scorer Shahid Gilani created a major confusion in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match between Multan and Karachi at the Bahawalpur Stadium.
According to details, the scorer had credited Karachi's wicket-keeper Ahmed Zeeshan Malik with eight catches in Multan's first innings in the PCB's official scoresheet faxed to the media on Monday. Two of the leading English dailies, including Dawn, had published the scorecard compiled by the scorer.
But on Tuesday, the scorer, instead of owning up to his lapse, claimed that it was the media that had made the mistake in their reports. Tuesday's score sheet (see below) mentioned that Ahmed Zeeshan had taken five catches.
Scoreboard
MULTAN (1st Innings):
Yasir Arafat Jr c Shadab b Nasir 4
Usman Tariq c A. Zeeshan b Tanvir 6
Azhar Shafiq c A. Zeeshan b Nauman 11
Aamir Bashir c A. Zeeshan b Nasir 69
Rehan Rafiq c Farhan b Nasir 27
Asif Iqbal c A. Zeeshan b Nasir 16
Mohammad Shafiq c A. Zeeshan b Nasir 13
Mohammad Zahid not out 48
Abdur Rauf c Faisal b Arif 4
Mohammad Irshad b Arif 0
Mohammad Tanvir c Faisal b Nauman 7
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, W-3, NB-5) 15
TOTAL (all out, 82.1 overs) 220
FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-23, 3-40, 4-118, 5-142, 6-152, 7-169, 8-174, 9-174.
BOWLING: Tanvir Ahmed 23-7-70-1; Nasir Khan 25-6-74-5; Naumanullah 11.1-7-10-2; Hasan Raza 3-0-21-0.
KARACHI (1st Innings, overnight 16-0):
Shadab Kabir c Shafiq b Tanvir 70
Asif Zakir run out 9
Naumanullah retired hurt 56
Faisal Iqbal st Shafiq b Zahid 31
Hasan Raza c Rehan b Irshad 35
Farhan Adil c Yasir b Usman 21
Saeed bin Nasir c Asif b Rauf 38
Ahmed Zeeshan Malik not out 20
Tanvir Ahmed not out 3
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, W-1, NB-11) 19
TOTAL (for six wkts, 95 overs) 302
FALL OF WKTS: 1-44, 2-88, 3-153, 4-206, 5-259, 6-293.
BOWLING (to-date): Abdur Rauf 21-2-69-1; Mohammad Irshad 21-3-70-1; Mohammad Zahid 29-2-86-1; Mohammad Tanvir 14-2-39-1; Aamir Bashir 3-0-10-0; Azhar Shafiq 3-1-11-0; Usman Tariq 6-2-10-1.
