November 10, 2005	Thursday	Shawwal 7, 1426

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KARACHI, Nov 9: Half-centuries by Afaq Rahim, Bilal Asad and Sufyan Munir guided Islamabad to 275 for eight in their first innings against Lahore Ravi on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League fixture in Mirpur on Wednesday.

After sent into bat by Lahore Ravi skipper Imran Tahir, Islamabad rallied through Afaq (65 off 78 balls, 12 fours), skipper Bilal (53 off 72 balls, nine fours) and Sufyan (71 off 129 balls, 12 fours).

Leg-spinner Imran was the the most successful bowler with four for 97.

SCOREBOARD

ISLAMABAD (1st Innings):

Ashar Zaidi c Rizwan b Shahzad 17

Afaq Rahim b Umar 65

Farrukh Hayat lbw b Imran 10

Bilal Asad b Shahzad 53

Sufyan Munir c Wasim b Imran 71

Fayyaz Ahmed lbw b Shahzad 0

Rao Iftikhar b Imran 28

Nauman Sadiq b Imran 4

Zohaib Ahmed not out 8

Yasin Bari not out 0

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-4, NB-13) 19

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 81 overs) 275

FALL OF WKTS: 1-57, 2-80, 3-107, 4-123, 5-227, 6-236, 7-244, 9-275.

TO BAT: Saad Altaf.

BOWLING (to-date): Wasim Khan 16-2-56-0; Irfan Fazil 8-0-35-0 (3nb, 1w); Shahzad Butt 14-3-39-3; Imran Tahir 30-5-97-4 (5nb); Umar Javed 5-0-29-1 (4nb); Kashif Siddique 8-3-13-0.

LAHORE RAVI: Kashif Siddique, Rashid Riaz, Shahnawaz Malik, Imran Abbas, Rizwan Ahmed, Zulqarnain Haider, Imran Tahir, Umar Javed, Shahzad Butt, Wasim Khan, Irfan Fazil.

UMPIRES: M. Akbar Khan and Iqbal Butt.

MATCH REFEREE: Khateeb Rizwan.

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