Abbottabad recover after poor start

Published January 19, 2007

RAWALPINDI, Jan 18: Abbottabad overcame a poor start to reach 77 for two against Quetta on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match at the KRL Stadium here on Thursday.

Having lost both openers for 16 runs, Abbottabad, who were asked to bat first, recovered thanks to an unbroken partnership of 61 between Sajid Rasheed (34) and Adnan Raees (20).

Like all matches in the northern region of the country, this game was also hit by bad light and light rain which resulted in only 35.3 overs being possible after the match started as late as 1.50pm.

Scoreboard

ABBOTTABAD (1st Innings):

Ahmed Said lbw b Faisal 4

Mohammad Naeem b Faisal 0

Sajid Rasheed not out 34

Adnan Raees not out 20

EXTRAS (B-9, LB-4, W-5, NB-1) 19

TOTAL (for two wkts, 35.3 overs) 77

FALL OF WKTS: 1-9, 2-16.

TO BAT: Wajid Ali, Bilal Marwat, Sajid Shah, Riaz Kail, Nasir Jalil, Mohammad Siddique, Dilawar Khan.

BOWLING (to-date): Faisal Irfan 11-4-17-2 (1w); Faiz Gohar 10.3-4-22-0 (1w); Arun Lal 8-4-14-0 (1nb, 3w); Naseer Khan 4-3-11-0.

QUETTA: Shoaib Khan, Hameedullah, Shaukat Ali, Sabir Hussain, Naseem Khan, Umar Javed, Faisal Irfan, Arun Lal, Jalat Khan, Naseer Khan, Faiz Gohar.

UMPIRES: Rasheed Bhatti and Ahsan Raza.

MATCH REFEREE: Azhar Khan.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Azhar Hussain.—Agencies

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