KH take charge

Published November 24, 2005

LAHORE, Nov 23: Fine batting by Faisal Iqbal and Fawad Alam gave Karachi Harbour a commanding first-innings lead of 205 runs over Lahore Ravi in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match at the LCCA ground on Wednesday.

Faisal, overnight 96, scored 148 before becoming one of six wickets for leg-spinner Imran Tahir. His 174-ball innings included 20 fours.

Fawad, the young left-hander, compiled a neat 72 off 113 balls to help Karachi Harbour pile up 445. He struck eight boundaries.

Faced with a big deficit, Lahore Ravi collapsed to 115 for six in their second innings by stumps.

Scoreboard

LAHORE RAVI (1st Innings) 240.

KARACHI HARBOUR (1st Innings, overnight 270-5):

Asif Zakir lbw b Wasim 47

Agha Sabir c and b Imran 28

Mohtashim Ali c Zulqarnain b Shahzad 37

Faisal Iqbal lbw b Imran 148

Saeed bin Nasir c Zulqarnain b Wasim 21

Fahadullah b Imran 17

Fawad Alam b Shahzad 72

Moin Khan b Imran 29

Rajesh Ramesh lbw b Imran 2

Mohammad Hasnain not out 6

Malik Aftab b Imran 7

EXTRAS (B-13, LB-5, NB-8, PR-5) 31

TOTAL (all out, 117.4 overs) 445

FALL OF WKTS: 1-57, 2-106, 3-132, 4-196, 5-250, 6-364, 7-416, 8-426, 9-432.

BOWLING: Wasim Khan 25-6-80-2; Shahzad Butt 34-3-131-2; Wahab Riaz 14.2-5-46-0 (1nb); Imran Tahir 35.4-7-112-6; Umar Javed 11.4-1-53-0 (7nb).

LAHORE RAVI (2nd Innings):

Shahnawaz Malik b Hasnain 10

Taufiq Umar b Ramesh 2

Kashif Siddique c Moin b Ramesh 4

Umar Javed c Moin b Hasnain 18

Rashid Riaz not out 31

Rizwan Ahmed lbw b Ramesh 18

Zulqarnain Haider lbw b Aftab 9

Shahzad Butt not out 15

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, W-1) 8

TOTAL (for six wkts, 41 overs) 115

FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-16, 3-29, 4-36, 5-68, 6-81.

BOWLING (to-date): Rajesh Ramesh 15-3-48-3 (1w); Mohammad Hasnain 12-3-29-2; Malik Aftab 12-3-29-1; Fawad Alam 2-1-2-0.

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