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| January 14, 2007 | Sunday | Zilhaj 23, 1427 |
Bilal century raises Multan spirits
LAHORE, Jan 13: A fine unbeaten century by Bilal Khilji kept alive Multan’s hopes for a first innings lead against Lahore Ravi on the second day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match at the LCCA Ground on Saturday.
The left-handed Bilal hit a 178-ball 110 as Multan reached 269 for eight in reply to Lahore Ravi’s total of 297.
Bilal and skipper Azhar Shafiq (74 off 102 balls, 13 fours) shared a third-wicket stand of 133 after the visitors lost both openers for 12 runs.
But Azhar's departure, LBW by Wasim Khan, triggered a mini collapse during which Multan were reduced to 166 for six. Kamran Hussain was caught by Adnan off Wahab Riaz for a duck then Wasim sent back Kashif Naved and Abdur Rauf also without scoring.
However, Bilal stood firm and with Imranullah (38) to put on 75 for the seventh-wicket before Imranullah was bowled by Ali Azmat. Mohammad Irshad (12) was the last man out as the stumps were drawn for the day.
Wasim gave away 79 runs in 20 overs to grab five wickets. Left-arm paceman Wahab Riaz captured two for 57.
Earlier, Lahore Ravi resumed the first innings at 271-8 and all were out after adding 26 runs while losing top-scorer Ali Azmat for 84 (12 fours).
Azharullah finished with five for 46. Right-arm medium-pacer Abdul Rauf, who has been constantly giving performance in the domestic cricket, finished with three for 75.
Meanwhile, both the teams have been advised to report at the ground on Sunday at 7am to avoid any hassle because of blockage of the roads due to the staging of Lahore Marathon.
Scoreboard
LAHORE RAVI (1st Innings, overnight 271-8).
Nasir Jamshed c Atiq b Rauf 61
Rizwan Aslam c Azhar Shafiq b Azharullah 14
Kashif Siddique lbw b Azharullah 5
Rashid Riaz run out 11
Adnan Raza b Rauf 12
Adnan Akmal c Atiq b Azharullah 10
Ali Azmat b Azharullah 84
Waqas Ahmed c Imran b Kamran 55
Shahzad Butt c Saeed b Azharullah 12
Wasim Khan not out 10
EXTRAS (B-9, LB-2, NB-6) 17
TOTAL (all out, 85-3 overs) 297
FALL OF WKTS:1-46, 2-76, 3-100, 4-105, 5-118, 6-149, 7-236, 8-257, 9-290.
BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 21.3.-2-75-3; Mohammad Irshad 18-3-73-0; Azharullah 22-8-46-5; 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 (1st Innings):
Saeed Anwar Jr c Adnan b Wasim 9
Usman Tariq lbw b Wasim 0
Azhar Shafiq lbw b Wasim 74
Bilal Khilji not out 110
Kamran Hussain c Adnan b Wahab 0
Kashif Naved c Adnan b Wasim 0
Abdur Rauf c Nasir b Wasim 0
Imranullah b Ali Azmat 38
Mohammad Irshad c Adnan b Wahab 12
Atiq Ahmed not out 4
EXTRAS (B-8, LB-10, NB-4) 22
TOTAL (for eight wkts, 64 overs) 269
FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-12, 3-145, 4-146, 5-159, 6-164, 7-241, 8-262.
TO BAT: Azharullah.
BOWLING (to-date): Wasim Khan 20-2-79-5; Shahzad Butt 8.4-2-28-0; Wahab Riaz 16.2-1-57-2; Waqas Ahmad 10-1-48-0; Ali Azmat 9-0-39-1.
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