January 13, 2007	Saturday	Zilhaj 22, 1427

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LAHORE, Jan 12: Good batting by Ali Azmat, Nasir Jamshed and Waqas Ahmad helped Lahore Ravi recover to reach 271-8 against Multan on the first day of Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League fixture at the LCCA Ground on Friday.

Ali Azmat was unbeaten with 75, opener Nasir hit 61 while Waqas Ahmed made 55 to rescue their side from the perils of 118 for five after Multan skipper Saeed Anwar Junior won the toss and decided to field first.

Ali Azmat, who hit 11 fours in his innings, and Waqas added 87 for the seventh wicket stand.

Multan, playing without lanky Shabbir Ahmed, bowled well with paceman Azharullah capturing four for 41in 18 overs. Shabbir was slated to play in this game but preferred rest because of fitness problem.

Scoreboard

LAHORE RAVI (1st Innings):

Nasir Jamshed c Atiq b Rauf 61

Rizwan Aslam c Azhar b Azhar 14

Kashif Siddique lbw b Azhar 5

Rashid Riaz run out 11

Adnan Raza b Rauf 12

Adnan Akmal c Atiq b Azhar 10

Ali Azmat not out 75

Waqas Ahmed c Imran b Kamran 55

Shahzad Butt c Saeed b Azhar 12

Wasim Khan not out 0

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-2, NB-6) 16

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 77 overs) 271

FALL OF WKTS: 1-46, 2-76, 3-100, 4-105, 5-118, 6-149, 7-236, 8-257.

TO BAT: Wahab Riaz.

BOWLING (to-date): Abdur Rauf 17-2-55-2 (2nb); Mohammad Irshad 18-3-73-0 (4nb); Azharullah 18-7-41-4; Kamran Hussain 12-2-31-1; Imranullah 5-0-30-0; Bilal Khilji 3-1-13-0; Saeed Anwar Jr 4-1-18-0.

MULTAN: Usman Tariq, Kashif Naved, Saeed Anwar Jr, Azhar Shafiq, Kamran Hussain, Bilal Khilji, Atiq Ahmed, Abdur Rauf, Mohammad Irshad, Imranullah, Azharullah.

UMPIRES: Riazuddin and Islam Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Anwar Khan.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Azhar Hussain.