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| September 4, 2005 | Sunday | Rajab 29, 1426 |
Faisal stakes claim for ‘A’ series
LAHORE, Sept 3: Faisal Iqbal boosted his prospects of being called up for the this month’s series against Australia ‘A’ with an unbeaten century on the second day of the trial game between PCB Whites and PCB Greens at the Qadhafi Stadium on Saturday.
Faisal cracked 19 boundaries during his 175-minute innings to reach 107 as Whites were all out for 305 in response to 314 made by Greens in the first innings. By close of play in the three-day fixture, the Greens were 30 for two in the 45-over-a-side second innings.
But the day belonged to Faisal, the 24-year-old nephew of the legendary Javed Miandad. The right-hander featured in two productive partnerships. Naumanullah (49 with six fours) helped put on 93 runs for the fifth-wicket after the Whites had slumped to 87-4.
Faisal then added 64 for the sixth-wicket with Shahid Yousuf (35 wih five fours) before the final five wickets fell for the addition of just 61 runs.
Test pace bowler Umar Gul took three for 82 while fellow pacemen Mohammad Asif (2-52), Shahid Nazir (2-23) and Yasir Arafat (2-43) were the other wicket-takers.
Mohammad Irshad, who took four wickets in the first innings, clean bowled Ashar Zaidi when the Greens batted for the second time.
Left-arm speedster Najaf Shah compounded Bazid Khan’s misery when he trapped batting great Majid Khan’s son for only two.
SCOREBOARD
PCB GREENS (1st Innings) 314 (Salman Butt 74, Hasan Raza 63; Mohammad Irshad 4-77).
PCB WHITES (1st Innings, overnight 52-1):
Imran Farhat c Yasir b Umar Gul 9
Taufiq Umar lbw b Shahid 17
Naumanullah b Shahid 49
Faisal Athar b Yasir Arafat 17
Misbahul Haq lbw b Yasir Arafat 0
Faisal Iqbal not out 107
Shahid Yousuf b Asif 35
Aminur Rehman c Zulqarnain b Asif 0
Mansoor Amjad c Ashar b Imran 12
Arshad Khan c Imran b Umar Gul 9
Mohammad Irshad b Umar Gul 0
EXTRAS (B-6, LB-3, W-6, NB-35) 50
TOTAL (for all out, 82.1 overs) 305
FALL OF WKT: 1-33, 2-55, 3-87, 4-87, 5-180, 6-244, 7-245, 8-275, 9-297.
BOWLING: Umar Gul 16.1-2-82-3; Mohammad Asif 13-0-52-2; Shahid Nazir 9-2-23-2; Yasir Arafat 13-2-43-2; Mohammad Khalil 14-1-48-0; Imran Tahir 16-3-47-1; Ashar Zaidi 1-0-1-0.
PCB GREENS (2nd Innings):
Ashar Zaidi b Irshad 7
Bazid Khan lbw b Najaf 2
Yasir Hameed not out 15
Salman Butt not out 4
EXTRAS (LB-1, W-1) 2
TOTAL (for two wkts, 8.5 overs) 30
FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-12.
BOWLING (to-date): Najaf Shah 4.5-0-11-1; Mohammad Irshad 4-0-18-1.
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