KARACHI, Dec 21: Pace trio Shahid Nazir, Sami Niazi and Ahmed Hayat bundled out Karachi Whites (KW) for 164 in their first innings on the opening day of their four-day Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match at National Stadium on Tuesday.
KW recovered from a dismal 96 for six wickets thanks to a fighting half century by captain Moin Khan after they were inserted to bat first on a lively track. By draw of stumps, Faisalabad responded by reaching 93 for three wickets in their first innings. Khurram Shahzad with 19 and Imran Khalid were at the crease when play ended for the day. Faisalabad are 71 runs behind with seven wickets intact.
Faisalabad captain Misbahul Haq hit an enterprising 25 with six powerful boundaries before being caught by Faisal off Aftab Malik. Former Test paceman Shahid Nazir caused the early damage with his opening ball bursts in which he took three wickets in his first three overs.
Sami Niazi gave Faisalabad initial breakthrough when he had opener Agha Sabir caught behind by keeper Muhammad Zaman for 7 and later Shahid Nazir triggered the slide in KW batting ranks
Former Pakistan captain Moin stopped the rout with a brilliant 54 off 100 balls with his hits to the boundary. Faisalabad bowlers got good support from their wicket-keeper Muhammad Zaman, who held five catches.
SCOREBOARD
KW (Ist innings)
Agha Sabir c Zaman b Sami 7
Khurram Manzoor b Shahid 18
Muhammad Farrukh c Ijaz b Sami 1
Faisal Iqbal c Misbah b Shahid 18
Zeeshan Pervez c Zaman b Shahid 1
Moin Khan c Zaman b Sami 54
Mansoor Baig c Zaman b Aman 2
Rizwan Saeed c Ijaz b Hafeez 26
Tahir Khan not out 16
Rajesh Ramesh c Ijaz b Ahmed 0
Malik Aftab c Khurram b Ahmed 5
Extras (lb4, nb12) 16
Total (all out in 52.5 overs) 164
Fall of wkts: 1-26, 2-31,3-31, 4-32, 5-91, 6-96,
7-118, 8-151, 9-152.
Bowling: Shahid Nazir 14-3-37-3, Sami Niazi 14-1-50-3,
Ahmed Hayat 8.5-1-40-2, Naveed Latif 21-3-0,
Imran Khalid 10-2-28-1, Muhammad Hafeez 4-0-32-1.
Faisalabad (Ist innings)
Muhammad Hafeez lbw b Rajesh 22
Asif Hussain lbw b Rizwan 12
Khurram Shahzad not out 19
Misbahul Haq c Faisal b Aftab 25
Imran Khalid not out 6
Extras (lb8, w1) 9
Total (for three wickets in 30 overs) 93
Fall of wkts: 1-26, 2-40, 3-84
Bowling: Rajesgh Ramesh 10-3-43-1, Rizwan Saeed 11-3-23-1,
Malik Aftab 9-5-19-1.
