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| October 30, 2005 | Sunday | Ramzan 25, 1426 |
Inzamam runs into form with belligerent knock
LAHORE, Oct 29: Inzamamul Haq finally hit form with a 70-ball 76 as the four-day trial match between Pakistan XI and Rest of Pakistan fizzled out into a draw at the Qadhafi Stadium on Saturday.
The Pakistan captain, badly in need of a morale-boosting innings following a lean patch, was in aggressive mood as he bludgeoned six sixes, three in a row off the bowling of off-spinner Arshad Khan to the long-off region. He also hit two sixes off leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed.
Inzamam came out with Salman Butt to resume the second innings of the Pakistan XI which was in tatters at 16 for three after overnight batsman Mohammad Asif opted to retire to give Inzamam a chance to have some batting practice.
Inzamam also slammed five fours.
Salman, who also retired out, scored 33. Inzamam then decided to recall Asim Kamal to have another chance to run into some form ahead of the series against England. But Asim, despite batting thrice in the match, made only 39.
The left-hander was dismissed twice by paceman Shoaib Akhtar and once by Mushtaq Ahmed.
SCOREBOARD
PAKISTAN XI (1st Innings) 474-7 declared (Shoaib Malik 177, Younis Khan 107, Mohammad Yousuf 98; Mushtaq Ahmed 4-173).
REST of PAKISTAN (1st Innings) 401-9 declared (Misbahul Haq 113, Faisal Iqbal 106, Bazid Khan 77; Mohammad Asif 4-46).
PAKISTAN XI (2nd Innings, overnight 16-3):
Salman Butt retired out 33
Shahid Afridi c Zulqarnain b S. Akhtar 0
Asim Kamal c Imran b S. Akhtar 39
Kamran Akmal lbw b S. Akhtar 0
Mohammad Asif retired out 1
Inzamamul Haq not out 76
EXTRAS (LB-6) 6
TOTAL (for three wkts, 11 overs) 155
FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-15, 3-15.
BOWLING: Shoaib Akhtar 14-5-27-3; Umar Gul 5-3-6-0; Mushtaq Ahmed 11-0-63-0; Rao Iftikhar 4-0-25-0; Arshad Khan 1.5-0-28-0.
RESULT: Match drawn.
UMPIRES: Zamir Haider and Asad Rauf.
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