KH routed in two days

Published April 7, 2006

LAHORE, April 6: Test discard paceman Fazle Akbar grabbed five for 23 as PIA trounced Karachi Harbour (KH) inside two days in the Pentangular Cup match on Thursday.

KH went down by nine wickets after being bowled out for 151 in the second innings.

Needing just 75, PIA lost opener Yasir Hameed for 18 before Kamran Sajid and Janisar Khan applied the finishing touches.

Scoreboard

KARACHI HARBOUR (1st Innings) 95.

PIA (1st Innings) 172 (Agha Sabir 66; Faraz Ahmed 5-48, Mohammad Hasnain 5-51).

KARACHI HARBOUR (2nd Innings, overnight 5-0):

Asif Zakir c Rauf b Najaf 11

Khalid Latif c Rauf b Fazle 39

Fawad Alam c Fazle b Kamran 24

Fahadullah lbw b Janisar 0

Asim Kamal c Hamid b Fazle 7

Afsar Nawaz lbw b Janisar 30

Farhan Iqbal c Bazid b Fazle 3

Mohammad Hasnain c Janisar b Fazle 0

Atif Maqbool b Fazle 7

Malik Aftab c Bazid b Najaf 10

Faraz Ahmed not out 13

EXTRAS (LB-6, NB-1) 7

TOTAL (all out, 40 overs) 151

FALL OF WKTS: 1-45, 2-76, 3-81, 4-88, 5-92, 6-108, 7-108, 8-119, 9-141.

BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 13-6-23-5; Najaf Shah 12-2-47-2; Janisar Khan 12-2-61-2; Kamran Sajid 3-1-14-1.

PIA (2nd Innings):

Yasir Hameed lbw b Hasnain 18

Kamran Sajid not out 24

Janisar Khan not out 29

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-1, W-2, NB-1) 6

TOTAL ( one wkt, 21.1 overs) 77

FALL OF WKT: 1-20.

BOWLING: Malik Aftab 5-0-15-0 (2w); Mohammad Hasnain 8-1-34-1; Faraz Ahmed 7-2-77-0 (1nb); Atif Maqbool 1.1-0-8-0.

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