RAWALPINDI, Jan 13: Karachi Harbour fought back to have Rawalpindi struggling as their four-day Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League after second day's action at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
Rawalpindi shot out Karachi Harbour for a first-innings score of 149 to obtain a lead of 26 runs. But home side finished the day on 122-5 in their second innings to hold an overall lead of 148.
Fawwad Alam hit 48 off 99 balls with four boundaries in the Karachi Harbour's first innings. He got support from Akbar Rehman, who scored 32 off 49 balls with four hits to the boundary rope.
Opener Babar Naeem hammered a brisk 50 off 59 balls with six fours and two sixes. Anwar Ali Khan claimed 3-51 to bring his match haul to nine wickets so far.
Scoreboard
Rawalpindi 1st Innings 175
KARACHI 1st Innings (overnight 35-2)
Khalid Latif c Asif b Sohail 9
Shadab Kabir c Sajid b Yasir 15
Akbar Rehman c Asif b Rizwan 32
Anwer Ali c Baber b Sohail 3
Fawad Alam c Rizwan b Najaf 48
Nomanullah c Sajid b Rizwan 5
Fahad Iqbal lbw b Sohail 0
Sarfraz Ahmed c Usman b Najaf 15
Rizwan Saeed c Sajid b Najaf 0
Mansoor Ahmed lbw b Yasir 6
Uzairul Haq not out 4
EXTRAS: (B-4, LB-3, NB-5) 12
TOTAL: (all out, 55.1 overs) 149
FALL OF WKTS: 1-28, 2-28, 3-46, 4-78, 5-84, 6-85, 7-132, 8-138, 9-139
BOWLING: Yasir 17.1-4-46-2, Najaf 10-4-21-3, Sohail 17-2-38- 3, Rizwan 10-0-34-2, Baber 1-0-3-0
RAWALPINDI 2nd Innings
Baber Naeem c Shadab b Uzair 50
Mohammad Wasim b Anwar 15
Asif Mehmood c Noman b Rizwan 9
Naveed Qureshi c Sarfraz b Anwar 33
Usman Saeed batting 3
Yasir Arafat c Sarfraz b Anwer 4
Sajid Mehmood batting 0
EXTRAS: (LB-8) 8
TOTAL: (for 5 wkts, 29.5 overs) 122
FALL OF WKTS: 1-29, 2-50, 3-92, 4-118, 5-122
BOWLING: Anwer 14.5-3-51-3, Uzair 10-4-31-1, Rizwan 5-0-32-1
UMPIRES: Nadeem Ghouri and Iftikhar Malik
MATCH REFEREE: Rizwan Khatib































