November 06, 2006	Monday	Shawwal 13, 1427

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LAHORE, Nov 5: Fiery bowling by Sarfraz Ahmed and dogged batting by Bilal Khilji kept alive Wapda’s slim hopes of victory against Sui Gas in the Patron's Trophy Grade-I match at Sheikhupura Stadium on Sunday.

Wapda, who are chasing a paltry target of 98, closed the penultimate day of the four-day fixture at 81 for seven with Bilal batting on 34 and Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq (6).

Wapda launched their second innings on a disastrous note when they five wickets for mere 19 runs, including the key scalp of Pakistan top batsman Mohammad Yousuf (1).

But the left-handed Bilal, who was promoted to No 4, stood firm.

Left-arm seamer Samiullah Niazi, who took six for 42 in the first innings, claimed three for 29. Right-arm pacer Imran Ali captured three for 28.

Earlier, Wapda’s lanky left-arm paceman Sarfraz returned impressive figures of four for 17 as Sui Gas were bowled out for 224 after resuming their second innings at 125-2.

Sui Gas skipper Misbah-ul-Haq was the top-scorer with 42 while opener Yasir Arafat made 40.

Scoreboard

SUI GAS (1st Innings) 40 (Bilal Khilji 5-9).

WAPDA (1st Innings) 167 (Ahmed Said 47; Samiullah Niazi 6-42).

SUI GAS (2nd Innings, overnight 125-2):

Mohammad Hafeez c Atiq b Mushtaq 29

Yasir Arafat lbw b Sarfraz 40

Azhar Shafiq b Sarfraz 37

Misbah-ul-Haq c Ahmed b Sarfraz 42

Zahoor Elahi c Ahmed b Naved 6

Saleem Mughal c Bilal b Mushtaq 4

Mohammad Salman lbw b Naved 23

Imran Khalid b Shabbir 8

Asad Ali c Ahmed b Sarfraz 4

Samiullah Niazi c Ahmed b Sarfraz 9

Imran Ali not out 0

EXTRAS (B-7, LB-8, NB-7) 22

TOTAL (all out, 90.4 overs) 224

FALL OF WKTS: 1-59, 2-87, 3-158, 4-166, 5-169, 6-172, 7-204, 8-214, 9-224.

BOWLING: Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 28-8-84-2 (4nb); Shabbir Ahmed 18-7-37-2 (2nb); Sarfraz Ahmed 17.4-9-17-4; Bilal Khilji 5-2-12-0; Mushtaq Ahmed 21-4-46-2 (1nb); Tariq Aziz 1-0-13-0.

WAPDA (2nd Innings):

Ahmed Said run out 6

Atiq-ur-Rehman lbw b Sami 4

Tariq Aziz c Yasir b Imran 0

Bilal Khilji not out 34

Aamir Sajjad c Khalid b Imran 4

Mohammad Yousuf lbw b Sami 1

Naved-ul-Hasan c Salman b Sami 16

Shabbir Ahmed c Salman b Imran 6

Inzamam-ul-Haq not out 6

EXTRAS (LB-1, NB-3) 4

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 27 overs) 81

FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-10, 3-10, 4-18, 5-19, 6-49, 7-73.

BOWLING (to-date): Samiullah Niazi 12-3-29-3 (3nb); Imran Ali 10-0-28-3; Azhar Shafiq 5-0-23-0.