Hyderabad scent victory

Published November 18, 2005

KARACHI, Nov 17: Hyderabad were well placed to win their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match against Karachi Harbour (KH) on Thursday. At close of play on third day, Hyderabad chasing a target of 223 were 40 without loss, needing 183 with all their wickets intact on the final day for victory.

KH having conceded a 92 runs lead in the first innings fared better in the second innings and scored 315 thanks to Mohtashim Ali (71), Faisal Iqbal (60) and Fawad Alam (40)to give their bowlers something to bowl at.

Scoreboard

KH (1st innings) 171

KH (2nd innings)

Agha Sabir c Rizwan b Kashif 13

Khalif Latif c Hanif Naeem 11

Mohtashim Ali c Aqeel b Rizwan 71

Faisal Iqbal b Kashif 60

Saeed bin Nasir lbw b Rizwan 28

Fawad Alam c Imran b Naeem 40

Moin Khan lbw b Rizwan 1

Rajesh Ramesh lbw b Naeem 29

Atif Maqbool c Imran b Kashif 25

Irfanuddin b Imran 12

Malik Aftab not out 0

EXTRAS (b6, lb6, w2, nb11) 25

TOTAL (all out in 97 overs) 315

FALL OF WKTS: 1-20, 2-29, 3-125, 4-184, 5-186, 6-218, 7-263, 8-282, 9-314, 10-315

BOWLING: Kashif Raza 28-6-74-3; Imran Ali 15-2-48-1; Naeemur Rehman 24-4-86-3; Shoaib Laghari 16-2-42-0; Rizwan Ahmed 14-2-53-3

HYDERABAD (1st innings) 261

HHYDERABAD (2nd innings)

Faisal Athar not out 23

Akram Khan not 11

EXTRAS (b2, lb2, nb2) 6

TOTAL (for no loss) 40

BOWLING: Rajesh Ramesh 6-1-26-0; Malik Aftab 4-1-5; Atif Maqbool 1-0-5-0.

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