24 February 2005	Thursday	14 Muharram 1426

LAHORE, Feb 23: Chance less centuries by Test opener Taufiq Umar and skipper Hasan Raza enabled Habib Bank to take first innings lead with six wickets in hand against Pakistan Customs on the second day of the Patron's Trophy Pool 'B' match at the Qadhafi Stadium on Wednesday.

Taufiq, who resumed at 22 in his team's score of 36 for one, made 120 while Hasan is still at the crease with 107 as the bankers finished the day 315 for four in reply to Customs' first innings total of 298.

Taufiq, who hit 18 fours in his 176-ball innings, was involved in two big partnerships. After adding 89 for the second wicket with Riffatullah (34), the left-hander put on 106 for the third wicket with Hasan. Test discard Hasan, who had so far batted for almost four hours, also struck 18 boundaries during his 181-ball knock

SCOREBOARD



PAKISTAN CUSTOMS (1st Innings) 298
 (Azhar Shafiq 72; Abdul Rahman 4-58).



HABIB BANK (1st Innings, overnight 36-1):



Imran Farhat lbw b Kamran              13



Taufiq Umar c and b John               120



Riffatullah run out                    34



Hasan Raza not out                     107



Farhan Adil c Azhar b John             10



Abdul Rahman c Kamran b Imran          12



Farhan Iqbal not out                   10



EXTRAS (LB-3, W-1, NB-5)               9



TOTAL (for five wkts, 84.1 overs)      315



FALL OF WKTS: 1-36, 2-125, 3-231, 4-242, 5-284.



TO BAT: Sajid Shah, Shahid Nazir, Danish Kaneria, Kabir Khan.



BOWLING (to-date): Kamran Hussain 18.1-4-62-1 (4nb); Imran Ali 17-4-81-1; 
Stephen John 17-6-55-2 (1nb, 1w); Azhar Shafiq 4-1-29-0; 
Mohtashim Rasheed 24-6-62-0; Fawad Alam 2-0-11-0; Kashif Siddique 2-0-12-0.