16 December 2004	Thursday	03 Ziqa'ad 1425

LAHORE, Dec 15: Fine batting by Faisal Athar and opener Akram Khan helped Hyderabad collect 235 for three wickets against Lahore Whites in the first innings on the opening day of Quaid-i-Azam Trophy at Qadhafi Stadium, on Wednesday.

Faisal was batting at 76 while Akram made 54 as the visitors, who were at the 10th position in the 11-team contest with only six points, scored their runs in 86 overs. Faisal cracked 13 fours and one six off 127 balls. Akram smashed nine boundaries in his sedate knock in which he faced 164 balls during a long stay of 201 minutes.

Faisal with Shahid Qambrani (38, seven fours, 102 balls) had mustered 90 runs in fourth wicket partnership. Lahore Whites, trailing at the 7th place with 15 points, tried seven bowlers but only right-arm medium-pacer Kamran Sajid emerged with honours taking two wickets for 46.

SCOREBOARD



HYDERABAD (1st innings):



Akram Khan run out              54



M. Saleem c Aamir b Kamran      26 



Ashfaq Shafi lbw b Kamran       21 



Faisal Athar batting            76 



Shahid Qambrani batting       	38 



EXTRAS (B-6, LB-6, NB-8)        20 



TOTAL (for 3 wkts, 86 overs)    235 



FALL OF WKTS: 1-58, 2-112, 3-145. 



BOWLING. Waqas Ahmed 17-5-66-0; Junaid Zia 15-3-51-0; Kamran Sajid 20-8-46-2; 
Sohail Ahmed 10-9-1-0; Zeeshan Safeer 11-3-27-0; Aqeel Arshad 12-3-27-0; 
Ali Azmat 1-0-5-0. 



UMPIRES: Riazuddin-Islam Khan. 



REFEREE: Khalid Niazi.