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| October 20, 2005 | Thursday | Ramzan 15, 1426 |
Karachi encounter declared as a draw
KARACHI, Oct 19: In another bizarre proclamation by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the four-day trial fixture between Karachi and Pakistan XI was adjudged a draw at the National Stadium on Wednesday.
The end result was more puzzling since the second innings of the match was restricted to 52 overs per side. In that eventuality, Karachi should have been the clear-cut winners since Pakistan XI had finished on 198 for nine, when the stipulated overs exhausted, while chasing a target of 218.
Given the activities (such as use of substitutions etc) that took place during the course of this match, even Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, was unsure whether to classify this fixture as first-class or otherwise. But according to PCB’s Saqib Irfan, the match is to be recognized as first-class.
The Pakistan XI altered their batting-order with Younis Khan coming at No 5 and opener Imran Farhat demoted to No 7. And they were the only two batsmen to make significant contributions in the second innings.
Younis, the Pakistan XI skipper, matched his first-innings 75 with an identical knock while striking 10 fours and one six in another high-class batting performance. Imran made 44 to follow his 89 in the first innings.
Spinners Danish Kaneria and Tahir Khan captured three wickets each after pacers Mohammad Sami and Tanvir Ahmed had seen off openers Taufiq Umar and Shoaib Malik.
Earlier, Aminur Rahman made crucial 61 as the Karachiites recovered from the overnight 73 for five to 216 all out in the second knock. The wicket-keeper lashed nine fours and three sixes in his 79-ball innings.
Leg-spinner Imran Tahir, one of the substitutions, picked up four wickets but went for 99 runs in 17 overs.
SCOREBOARD
KARACHI (1st Innings) 378 (Faisal Iqbal 101, Khalid Latif 94).
PAKISTAN XI (1st Innings) 377-7 declared (Imran Farhat 89, Younis Khan 75, Mohammad Yousuf 69 not out; Danish Kaneria 4-126).
KARACHI (2nd Innings, overnight 73-5):
Agha Sabir b Imran Tahir 24
Khalid Latif c Kamran b Umar Gul 6
Faisal Athar lbw b Imran Tahir 11
Hasan Raza b Imran Tahir 23
Faisal Iqbal b Arshad 5
Asim Kamal lbw b Arshad 0
Aminur Rahman c and b Shoaib 61
Mohammad Sami lbw b Imran 25
Tanvir Ahmed b Arshad 26
Danish Kaneria run out 9
Tahir Khan not out 12
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-2, NB-8) 14
TOTAL (all out, 52 overs) 216
FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 2-26, 3-45, 4-61, 5-63, 6-78, 7-123, 8-188, 9-200.
BOWLING: Umar Gul 11-3-30-1 (1nb); Mohammad Asif 8-4-19-0; Abdul Razzaq 0.1-0-0-0; Arshad Khan 12.5-2-51-3; Imran Tahir 17-1-99-4; Shoaib Malik 3-0-11-1.
PAKISTAN XI (2nd Innings):
Shoaib Malik b Tanvir 2
Taufiq Umar lbw b Sami 1
Shahid Yousuf lbw b Kaneria 27
Kamran Akmal b Sami 4
Younis Khan b Kaneria 75
Mohammad Yousuf st Amin b Kaneria 11
Imran Farhat c Faisal Athar b Tahir 44
Abdul Razzaq st Amin b Tahir 18
Imran Tahir not out 4
Umar Gul b Tahir 0
Mohammad Asif not out 5
EXTRAS (B-4) 4
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 52 overs) 198
FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-11, 3-26, 4-48, 5-62, 6-123, 7-167, 8-191, 9-192.
BOWLING: Mohammad Sami 7-2-19-2; Tanvir Ahmed 7-1-14-1; Danish Kaneria 19-5-82-3; Malik Aftab 6-1-22-0; Tahir Khan 13-1-57-3.
RESULT: Match drawn.
UMPIRES: Salim Badar and Junaid Ghafoor.
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