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| December 12, 2006 | Tuesday | Ziqa'ad 20, 1427 |
Afridi hits form with blazing ton
KARACHI, Dec 11: Pakistan reject Shahid Afridi blasted an attacking century to put Habib Bank in a winning position in their Patron’s Trophy Cricket Championship quadrangular round match against Wapda at the NBP Sports Complex on Monday.
Afridi struck nine fours and five sixes in making 100 off mere 91 deliveries as the bankers were dismissed for 339 in their second innings.
Set a daunting target of 393, Wapda were 107 for four in their second innings with Bilal Khilji (25) and night-watchman Shabbir Ahmed (19) at the crease at draw of stumps.
A remarkable 22 wickets went down on the first day of the four-day match on Sunday as the bankers were bowled out for 125 in their first innings and Wapda skitttled out for 72 in reply.
Afridi, who made 50 in the first innings, reached his hundred in style by lifting left-arm paceman Sarfraz Ahmed for two consecutive sixes before dismissed by same bowler on the next ball.
Afridi also took 20 runs off four balls from former Test leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed. After getting his first fifty in 61 balls, Afridi bludgeoned the hapless Wapda bowlers as he raced to his second half century in just 28 balls.
Mushtaq finished with five for 125 in 25.5 overs.
Scoreboard
HABIB BANK (1st Innings) 125
WAPDA (1st Innings) 72
HABIB BANK (2nd Innings, overnight 80-2):
Riffatullah c Tariq b Shabbir 5
Azhar Mahmood lbw b Kashif 0
Khaqan Arsal b Mushtaq 87
Asim Kamal c Tariq b Kashif 30
Hasan Raza c Zulqarnain b Kashif 13
Shahid Afridi c Mushtaq b Sarfraz 100
Aftab Khan c Shabbir b Mushtaq 10
Humayun Farhat lbw b Mushtaq 15
Kamran Hussain c Kashif b Mushtaq 32
Fahad Masood c Zulqarnain b Mushtaq 21
Irfan Fazil not out 21
EXTRAS (B-3, LB-1, W-1, NB-3) 8
TOTAL (all out, 81.5 overs) 339
FALL OF WKTS: 1-4. 2-7, 3-94, 4-119, 5-162, 6-178, 7-206, 8-272, 9-304.
BOWLING: Shabbir Ahmed 14-3-21-1; Kashif Raza 16-1-79-3 (1nb); Sarfraz Ahmed 15-1-85-1 (1nb); Bilal Khilji 6-2-9-0; Mushtaq Ahmed 25.5-0-125-5 (1nb); Jahangir Mirza 5-0-16-0.
WAPDA (2nd Innings):
Asim Butt lbw b Fahad 7
Mohammad Asif b Fahad 25
Tariq Aziz c Asim b Azhar 8
Aamir Sajjad b Afridi 9
Bilal Khilji not out 25
Shabbir Ahmed not out 19
EXTRAS (B-4, W-5, NB-5) 14
TOTAL (for four wkts, 24 overs) 107
FALL OF WKTS: 1-24, 2-33, 3-46, 4-85.
BOWLING (to-date): Azhar Mahmood 8-0-44-1 (1nb); Fahad Masood 6-1-25-2 (3nb); Irfan Fazil 3-0-10-0; Kamran Hussain 3-0-15-0; Shahid Afridi 4-1-9-1.—APP
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