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| December 20, 2005 | Tuesday | Ziqa’ad 17, 1426 |
Customs salvage a draw
KARACHI, Dec 19: Pakistan Customs salvaged an honourable draw in their four-day Patron’s Trophy Grade-I match against Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) at UBL Sports Complex on Monday.
Murtaza Hussain slammed a fighting 58 in 185 minutes with nine fours and Azam Hussain hit a defiant 49 with seven boundaries as Customs not only averted the follow-on but managed to reach 375 in their first innings after resuming at 237 for six.
SNGPL, who amassed 498 in their first innings, scored 100 for two in the second innings when match was called off seven overs early with the mutual consent of the two captains with no chance of result.
SCOREBOARD
SNGPL (1st Innings) 498 (Misbahul Haq 205, Sufyan Munir 91, Mohammad Salman 72).
PAKISTAN CUSTOMS (1st Innings, overnight 237-6):
Kashif Siddique c Saleem b Mahmood 66
Hasnain Abbas c Hafiz b Imran 59
Azhar Shafiq lbw b Sami 23
Afsar Nawaz lbw b Imran 0
Fawad Alam b Arsalan 47
Sajid Ali lbw b Mahmood 0
Hanif Malik c Hafiz b Imran 16
Murtaza Hussain c Saleem b Tariq 58
Azam Hussain lbw b Imran 49
Stephen John c Arsalan b Sami 15
Imran Ali not out 3
EXTRAS (B-9, LB-7, W-1, NB-22) 39
TOTAL (all out, 127 overs) 375
FALL OF WKTS: 1-98, 2-147, 3-148, 4-179, 5-180 6-221, 7-244, 8-312, 9-343.
BOWLING: Samiullah Niazi 27-5-92-2 (11nb, 1w); Arsalan Mir 12-3-55-1 (3nb); Tariq Mahmood 19-1-43-1 (1nb); Mahmood Malik 25-5-72-2 (3nb); Imran Khalid 43-12-94-4; Saleem Mughal 1-0-1-0.
SNGPL (2nd Innings):
Sohail Idrees b John 3
Hafiz Majid c sub b Imran 13
Arsalan Mir not out 34
Saleem Mughal not out 43
EXTRAS (B-2, NB-5) 7
TOTAL (for two wkts, 27 overs) 100
FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-26.
BOWLING: Stephen John 5-0-25-1 (5nb); Imran Ali 5-1-18-1; Azam Hussain 5-2-7-0; Kashif Siddique 4-3-1-0; Murtaza Hussain 2-0-11-0; Afsar Nawaz 3-0-16-0; Azhar Shafiq 2-1-8-0; Sajid Ali 1-0-12-0.
UMPIRES: Salim Badar and Shakeel Khan.
MATCH REFEREE: Anwer Khan.—APP
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