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| November 12, 2005 | Saturday | Shawwal 9, 1426 |
KU pay dearly for dropped catches
KARACHI, Nov 11: The four-day Quaid-i-Azam Gold League cricket Championship match between Karachi Urban (KU) and Multan was evenly poised on the penultimate day at National Stadium Thursday.
When stumps were drawn for the day Multan in their second innings were 165 for the loss of three wickets.
Saeed Anwar Junior was unbeaten on 69 with eight hits to the ropes. Muhammad Ali Naizi was batting on 22, having added 42-runs for the unbroken fourth wicket.
KU have to blame themselves to allow Multan recover as Saeed Anwar was dropped on 34 and 48 by Farhan Adil and Khurram Manzoor.
Multan have now lead by 247 runs with seven wickets in hand.
KH earlier resuming at 180 for five were bowled out for 281 in their first innings thus taking 18 run first inning lead.
Wasim Naeem hit a fine 56 with eight fours while Tanveer Ahmed contributed 29 in 31 balls banging five forceful boundaries. Tahir Khan hit four boundaries in his 20.
SCOREBOARD
Multan (Ist innings) 263
Karachi Urban (Ist innings) (overnight 180-5)
Maisam Hasnain b Majid 46
Khurram Manzoor c Azhar b Rauf 19
Naumanullah b Rauf 7
Ahmer Saeed c Majid b Rauf 8
Farhan Adil c Adnan b Kamran 43
Wasim Naeem lbw b Kamran 56
Amin-ur-Rehman lbw b Irshad 18
Tanveer Ahmed c Rauf b Kamran 29
Tahir Khan b Kamran 20
Tabish Khan c Usman b Kamran 5
Nasir Khan not out 0
Extras (Lb-10, W-1, NB-19) 30
Total (all out in 85.3 overs) 281
Fall of wkt: 1-38, 2-62, 3-86, 4-111, 5-171, 6-209, 7-250, 8-261, 9-271
Bowling: Abdul Rauf 25-4-84-3, Muhammad Irshad 21-3-82-1, Kamran Hussain 24.3-12-34-5, Azhar Shafiq 2-0-7-0, Majid Majeed 10-0-52-1, Saeed Anwar Jr. 3-0-12-0
Multan (2nd innings)
Saeed Anwar Jr. not out 69
Usman Tariq c (sub) Ariz b Nasir 16
Azhar Shafiq c Ahmer b Tahir 42
Aamir Bashir lbw b Tahir 5
Muhamad Ali Naizi not out 22
Extras (B-6, LB-3, NB-3) 12
Total (for three wkts in 56 overs) 165
Fall of wktS: 1-35, 2-113, 3-123
Bowling: Tanveer Ahmed 8-2-28-0, Nasir Khan 17-2-45-1, Tabish Khan 12-2-50-0, Tahir Khan 18-7-32-2, Waseem Naeem 1-0-1-0 .—APP
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