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KARACHI, April 7: A superb knock of 150 by Hasan Raza enabled Karachi secure a slender but vital lead of 17 runs on the first innings against Rawalpindi on the third day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy tie at the UBL Sports Complex on Wednesday.
Karachi, overnight 243 for four, added another 180 runs before being all out for 423 i reply to Rawalpindi's 423. Hasan, who resumed at 83, was eighth out at 380 after striking 17 fours and three sixes during his 18th first-class century while facing 297 balls in a stay of 306 minutes.
Rawalpindi were 132 for four in the second innings with Ashar Zaidi contributing 66, which included 12 fours.
Scoreboard
RAWALPINDI (1st Innings) 406 (Babar Naeem 114, Naveed Qureshi 94; Azam Hussain 5-123).
KARACHI (1st Innings, overnight 243-4):
Asif Zakir lbw b Junaid 5
Shadab Kabir c Rao Iftikhar b Fayyaz 63
Agha Sabir c and b Alamgir 63
Hasan Raza c Fayyaz b Rao Iftikhar 150
Saeed bin Nasir b Babar 18
A. Zeeshan Malik c Shahbaz b Alamgir 27
Tanvir Ahmed b Rao Iftikhar 29
Rizwan Qureshi b Shiraz 22
Imranullah c Usman b Fayyaz 5
Azam Hussain not out 30
Tabish Nawab b Rao Iftikhar 1
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-4, W-1, NB-13) 19
TOTAL (all out, 119.4 overs) 423
FALL OF WKTS: 1-19, 2-97, 3-177, 4-214, 5-278, 6-351, 7-364, 8-390, 9-414.
BOWLING: Rao Iftikhar 24.4-7-69-3; Junaid Zia 8-1-45-1; Shiraz Khalid 28-2-86-1; Alamgir Khan 36-6-125-2; Mohammad Fayyaz 16-1-87-2; Babar Naeem 5-0-9-1.
RAWALPINDI (2nd Innings):
Sohail Nasir b Tabish 24
Ashar Zaidi st A. Zeeshan b Azam 66
Shiraz Khalid not out 19
Naveed Qureshi run out 9
Usman Saeed c Shadab b Azam 0
Mohammad Fayyaz not out 11
EXTRAS (B-6, W-1, NB-1) 8
TOTAL (for four wkts, 42 overs) 132
FALL OF WKTS: 1-80, 2-94, 3-99, 4-99.
BOWLING (to-date): Imranullah 2-0-7-0; Agha Sabir 2-1-7-0; Tabish Nawab 19-9-29-1; Saeed bin Nasir 5-2-18-0; Azam Hussain 12-2-52-2.
