January 13, 2007	Saturday	Zilhaj 22, 1427

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KARACHI, Jan 12: Karachi Urban squandered an excellent opportunity to pile up runs as they struggled to 189 for six against Peshawar on the opening day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match at the National Stadium here on Friday.

Electing to bat first after winning the toss, the Karachi Urban batsmen committed suicide by throwing their wickets unnecessarily on a docile track after openers Asif Zakir and Khurram Manzoor had given them a fine start.

The pair put on 76 before Asif attempted an injudicious cut and saw Wajahatullah Wasti clung onto a superb one-handed catch at slip off the bowling of off-spinner Arshad Khan.

Khurram then slashed medium-pacer Riaz Afridi to Shoaib Khan in the gulley in another moment of indiscreet approach. He was day’s top-scorer with 47.

Imran Javed was one exception. The all-rounder put his head down to remain unbeaten on 40 in the unbroken seventh-wicket stand of 43 with Tahir Khan (14).

The start was delayed by 90 minutes because the adjacent pitch had been profusely watered the evening before.

Scoreboard

KARACHI URBAN (1st Innings):

Asif Zakir c Wajahat b Arshad 35

Khurram Manzoor c Shoaib b Riaz 47

Agha Sabir st Zulfiqar b Riaz 4

Saeed bin Nasir c Zulfiqar b Waqar 16

Hasan Raza b Riaz 21

Imran Javed not out 40

Amin-ur-Rehman lbw b Riaz 9

Tahir Khan not out 14

EXTRAS (LB-2, NB-1) 3

TOTAL (for six wkts, 77 overs) 189

FALL OF WKTS: 1-76, 2-85, 3-87, 4-117, 5-124, 6-146.

TO BAT: Tanvir Ahmed, Malik Aftab, Nauman Alvi.

BOWLING (to-date): Riaz Afridi 21-5-65-3 (1nb); Waqar Ahmed 18-3-40-2; Arshad Khan 31-4-57-1; Aslam Qureshi 7-0-25-0.

PESHAWAR: Riffatullah Mohmand, Aftab Khan, Wajahatullah Wasti, Akhtar Sarfraz, Shoaib Khan, Janisar Khan, Zulfiqar Jan, Riaz Afridi, Arshad Khan, Waqar Ahmed, Aslam Qureshi.

UMPIRES: M. Akbar Khan and Iqbal Butt.

MATCH REFEREE: Taslim Arif.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Salman Hussain.