10 December 2004	Friday	27 Shawwal 1425

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LAHORE, Dec 9: A superb century by Arslan Mir enabled Lahore Blues dominate the first day of Quaid-i-Azam Trophy against Quetta by collecting 296 for four wickets in first innings at Qadhafi Stadium on Thursday.

Arslan scored 203-ball 137, cracking 24 boundaries and one towering six as Lahore Blues recovered from a shaky start to finish the day at satisfactory position. Arslan with Rashid Riaz (84, 14 fours, 139 balls) yielded 128 runs in third wicket stand, when opener Kashif Siddique, the centurion of the last match against Hyderabad, got out for a duck and Umar Javed removed for 21, making the total 52-2.

But Arslan and Rashid steadied the innings. Rashid's departure brought skipper Shahnawaz Malik (33 batting, four fours). Both Arslan and Shahnawaz added 113 runs in the fourth wicket. Arslan was eventually caught by Shoaib Khan off medium-pacer Khalil Ahmed.

SCOREBOARD



LAHORE BLUES (1st innings): 



Kashif Siddique lbw Jaffar      0 



Rashid Riaz c Nisar b Jalal     84 



Umar Javed lbw Stephan          21 



Arslan Mir c Shoaib b Khalil    137 



Shahnawaz Malik batting         33 



Ashraf Ali batting              0 



EXTRAS (B-2, LB-12, W-1, NB-6)  21 



TOTAL (four wkts, 84 overs)     296 



FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-52, 3-180, 4-293



BOWLING: Jaffar Nazir 17-5-41-1; Stephan John 14-5-42-1; Arun Lal 13-3-48-0; 
Khalil Ahmed 12-2-41-1; Naseer Khan 17-3-79-0; Jalat Khan 10-4-28-1; 
Adil Nisar 1-0-3-0. 



UMPIRES: Saleem Badar-Afzaal Ahmad. 



REFEREE: Khalid Niazi.