January 16, 2006	Monday	Zilhaj 15, 1426

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LAHORE, Jan 15: Only 18 overs were bowled on the first day of Patron’s Trophy Grade-I quadrangular series match between PTCL and Habib Bank at Multan Cricket Stadium on Sunday. The overcast conditions did not allow play to get under way after lunch. The umpires finally called off play at 4pm with PTCL having scored 58 for two.

Meanwhile, the first day of the match between PIA and National Bank at KRL Stadium in Rawalpindi was abandoned without a ball being bowled because of rain.

Scoreboard

PTCL (1st Innings):

Babar Naeem lbw b Shahid Nazir 8

Ashar Zaidi c Humayun b Kamran 12

Usman Tariq not out 19

Zulqarnain Haider not out 9

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, W-1, NB-2) 10

TOTAL (for two wkts, 18 overs) 58

FALL OF WKTS: 1-16, 2-36.

TO BAT: Aamir Bashir, Shahzad Malik, Mohammad Hussain, Tahir Mughal, Riaz Afridi, Waqar Ahmed, Mohammad Khalil.

BOWLING (to-date): Shahid Nazir 9-3-16-1; Kamran Hussain 9-0-35-1.

HABIB BANK: Taufiq Umar, Rafatullah Mohmand, Aftab Khan, Hasan Raza, Farhan Adil, Humayun Farhat, Kamran Hussain, Abdur Rahman, Shahid Nazir, Irfan Fazil, Fahad Masood.

UMPIRES: Mian Aslam and Shakeel Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Naeem Ahmed.