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LAHORE, Nov 5: An unbeaten 92 by Farhan Adil kept Karachi Blues' slim hope of gaining first innings lead alive against Sialkot in Quaid-i-Azam Trophy at National Stadium, Karachi on second day Friday.
Farhan cracked 13 fours off 128 balls as Karachi Blues were 208 for seven by the close of play in reply to Sialkot's first innings of 300 which they made after resuming at 276 for nine wickets.
Medium pacer Muhammad Asif had claimed four wickets for 62 while another strike bowler Sarfraz Ahmad snapped three wickets for 66. Earlier, Pakistan Test fast bowler Muhammad Sami took four wickets for 77 to help Karachi to prevent Sialkot from achieving bigger total.
Scoreboard
SIALKOT (1st innings, overnight 276-9):
Faisal Naveed c Hasan b Sami 56
Sufyan Munir c Rashid b Tanveer 1
Faisal Khan c Rashid b Khalid 68
Shahid Yousuf c Rashid b Sami 13
Qaiser Abbas run out 37
Shahzad Malik c Rashid b Khalid 0
Mansoor Amjad b Sami 14
Hafiz Khalid c Rashid b Tanveer 6
Zahid Saeed c Rashid b Sami 51
Sarfraz Ahmed c Nauman b Azam 28
Muhammad Asif not out 12
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-6, W-4) 14
TOTAL (for all, 94.1 overs) 300
FALL OF WKTS: 1-7, 2-102, 3-128, 4-155, 5-155, 6-188, 7-196, 8- 231, 9-241.
BOWLING. Muhammad Sami 30.1-6-77-4; Nisar Khan 23-6-81-0; Tanveer Ahmed 31-5-88-2; Azam Hussain 4-1-16-1; Khalid Latif 3-0-13-2; Naumanullah 3-0-15-0.
KARACHI BLUES (1st innings):
Khalid Latif c Shahzad b Asif 3
Shadab Kabir c Khalid b Sarfraz 8
Naumanullah b Sarfraz 6
Hasan Raza c Shahid b Sarfraz 25
Farhan Adil batting 92
Saeed bin Nasir c Khalid b Asif 32
Rashid Latif c Mansoor b Asif 0
Azam Hussain lbw b Asif 8
Muhammad Sami batting 24
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-5, NB-4) 10
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 69 overs) 208
FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-12, 3-31, 4-61, 5-113, 6-113, 7-129.
BOWLING. Muhammad Asif 22-10-62-4; Sarfraz Ahmed 23-1-66-3; Zahid Saeed 8-2-28-0; Faisal Naveed 7-1-25-0; Mansoor Amjad 6-0- 20-0; Qaiser Abbas 2-0-6-0.
