October 23, 2005	Sunday	Ramzan 18, 1426

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KARACHI, Oct 22: Skipper Faisal Athar and Hanifur Rahman hammered centuries as Hyderabad amassed 297 for three against Lahore Ravi on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League fixture at the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday.

Faisal made 124 off 241 balls with 20 boundaries before he retired hurt. Hanif was more belligerent as he struck 17 fours and four sixes in making 123 during the second-wicket partnership of 190 in 158 minutes with Faisal.

Scoreboard

HYDERABAD (1st Innings):

Akram Khan c Kashif b Wasim 3

Faisal Athar retired hurt 124

Hanifur Rahman c Kashif b Wasim 123

Shahid Qambrani c Kashif b Farhan 3

Rizwan Ahmed not out 32

Khadim Hussain not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-3, W-2, NB-7) 12

TOTAL (for three wkts, 83 overs) 297

FALL OF WKTS: 1-28, 2-218, 3-221.

TO BAT: Shoaib Leghari, Hanif Malik, Raees Amjad, Farhan Ayub, Kashif Raza.

BOWLING (to-date): Wasim Khan 19-5-68-2 (1w); Shahzad Butt 8-1-43-0 (1w); Wahab Riaz 10-0-40-0 (7nb); Farhan Rasheed 27-4-95-1; Ali Azmat 15-0-46-0; Salman Qadir 4-3-2-0.

LAHORE RAVI: Kashif Siddique, Imran Abbas, Salman Qadir, Shahnawaz Malik, Ali Azmat, Rizwan Ahmed, Zulqarnain Haider, Wasim Khan, Wahab Riaz, Shahzad Butt, Farhan Rasheed.

UMPIRES: Z.I. Pasha and Iqbal Butt.

MATCH REFEREE: Taslim Arif.

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