01 March 2005	Tuesday	19 Muharram 1426

KARACHI, Feb 28: Tahir Mughal turned in another superb effort to help Allied Bank obtain a decisive 160-run first-innings lead over PTCL on the second day of the Patron's Trophy fixture at the National Stadium on Monday.

Tahir, a lively medium-pacer who is enjoying a great season, grabbed five for 48 in 16.2 overs in another impressive display. PTCL struggled to 171 all out despite Ashar Zaidi's gallant 61 in almost three hours. The left-hander stroked nine boundaries.

Rashid Latif, the former Pakistan captain, was alert as ever as he held five catches behind the stumps. Allied Bank, who had earlier stretched their overnight score of 250 for seven to 331 all out, decided against asking PTCL to bat again. In the brief period of play, they scored four for no loss.

Tanvir Ahmed and Abdul Rauf provided good support to Tahir with two wickets apiece. Earlier in the day, Tanvir used the long handle to good effect as he hammered 49 off 69 balls, including four fours and one six. Pace man Yasir Ali claimed four for 109 in 29 overs and Riaz Afridi took three for 84 in 36 overs.

SCOREBOARD



ALLIED BANK (1st Innings, overnight 250-7):



Wajahatullah Wasti c Zulqarnain b Riaz            39



Usman Tariq c Zulqarnain b Yasir                  39



Khalid Latif c Naveed b Yasir                     37



Bilal Asad c Naveed b Hussain                     40



Aamir Hanif c Shahzad b Riaz                      47



Taimur Khan lbw b Yasir                           2



Tahir Mughal b Riaz                               32



Rashid Latif c Ashar b Yasir                      10



Tanvir Ahmed c Aamir b Aqeel                      49



Abdul Rauf c Aamir b Aqeel                        16



Mohammad Zahid not out                            7



EXTRAS (B-1, LB-4, W-1, NB-7)                     13



TOTAL (all out, 116 overs)                        331



FALL OF WKTS: 1-75, 2-85, 3-141, 4-174, 5-183, 6-246, 7-249, 8-284, 9-316.



BOWLING; Waqar Ahmed 25-7-72-0; Yasir Ali 29-4-109-4; Riaz Afridi 36-10-64-3; 
Mohammad Hussain 16-5-38-1; Aqeel Arshad 10-1-23-2.



PTCL (1st Innings):



Ashar Zaidi c Usman b Tahir                       61



Naved Latif c Khalid b Rauf                       16



Mohammad Fayyaz c Rashid b Tanvir                 2



Aamir Bashir c Rashid b Tahir                     16



Mohammad Hussain c Rashid b Tahir                 17



Shiraz Khalid c Aamir b Tahir                     0



Aqeel Arshad c Taimur b Tanvir                    0



Zulqarnain Haider c Rashid b Bilal                19



Yasir Ali c Rashid b Tahir                        20



Riaz Afridi b Rauf                                3



Waqas Ahmed not out                               0



EXTRAS (LB-4, W-1, NB-12)                         17



TOTAL (all out, 56.2 overs)                       171



FALL OF WKTS: 1-28, 2-36, 3-73, 4-121, 5-121, 6-123, 7-134, 8-162, 9-169.



BOWLING: Abdul Rauf 16-4-35-2; Tahir Mughal 16.2-3-48-5; Tanvir Ahmed 14-1-56-2; 
Bilal Asad 7-1-21-1; Taimur Khan 3-0-7-0.



ALLIED BANK (2nd Innings):



Wajahatullah Wasti not out                        4



Usman Tariq not out                               0



EXTRAS (B-1)                                      1



TOTAL (for no wkt, 4 overs)                       4



BOWLING (to-date): Waqas Ahmed 2-2-0-0; Riaz Afridi 2-1-4-0. -APP