16 December 2004	Thursday	03 Ziqa'ad 1425

KARACHI, Dec 15: A fighting 158-run third wicket partnership between Muhammad Farrukh and Faisal Iqbal guided Karachi Whites out of trouble on the first day of their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match against Multan at UBL Sports Complex ground on Wednesday.

KW lost two wickets for 25 to pacer Abdul Rauf but recovered to reach 222 for four wicket in their first innings. Rauf first trapped opener Khurram Manzoor for nine and had fellow-opener Agha Sabir for 12.

Faisal hit 11 boundaries in his 78 after batting for 202 minutes and Farrukh hit eight fours and a six in his 71 after occupying the crease for 272 minutes. At the close Zeeshan Pervez with 19 and Moin Khan with ten were at the crease.

SCOREBOARD 



Karachi Whites (Ist innings) 



Agha Sabir c S. Hamid b Rauf            12



Khurram Manzoor lbw b Rauf              9



M. Farrukh lbw b Azharullah             71



Faisal Iqbal c Aamir b Usman            78



Zeeshan Pervez not out                  19



Moin Khan not out                       10



EXTRAS (b1, lb12, w2, nb8)              23



TOTAL (for four wkts in 86 overs)	222



Fall of wkts: 1-15, 2-25, 3-183, 4-204 



Bowling: Abdul Rauf 17-2-37-2, Kamran Hussain 13-5-33-0, Azharullah 16-4-48-1, 
Azhar Shafiq 2-0-18-0, Khurram Butt 24-7-43-0, Usman Tariq 14-3-28-1. 



Umpires: Iftikhar Malik and Asad Rauf. 



Match referee: Taslim Arif. -APP