Islamabad in sight of victory

Published January 21, 2007

LAHORE, Jan 20: A fine century by Ashar Zaidi put Islamabad in sight of victory against Lahore Ravi in Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match at the LCCA Ground on Saturday.

Ashar struck a 149-ball 106 with 12 fours as the visitors declared their first innings at 418-9 to gain a massive lead of 280 runs on the first innings.

By close of play on the third day, Lahore Ravi were 89 for three in the second innings and still need 191 to avoid an innings defeat.

Apart from Ashar, Azhar Mahmood scored 51 with eight boundaries and Fayyaz Ahmad hit 59 with five fours.

Scoreboard

LAHORE RAVI (1st Innings) 138 (Azhar Mahmood 5-33).

ISLAMABAD (1st Innings, overnight 172-3):

Afaq Rahim c Nasir b Wasim 38

Atif Ashraf c Adnan b Wasim 7

Bilal Asad b Waqas 62

Asher Zaidi c Adnan b Wahab 106

Azhar Mahmood c Adnan b Wahab 51

Fayyaz Ahmed c Ali b Wahab 59

Mohammad Altaf c Adnan b Waqas 1

Naeem Anjum b Ali 43

Rauf Akbar b Kashif 11

Immad Wasim not out 2

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-6, W-4, NB-23) 38

TOTAL (for nine decl, 100.2 overs) 418

FALL OF WKTS: 1-22, 2-124, 3-129, 4-216, 5-337, 6-346, 7-360, 8-405, 9-418.

BOWLING: Wasim Khan 30.4-5-112-2 (6nb); Waqas Ahmed 22-1-91-2 (6nb); Wahab Riaz 21-2-90-3 (6nb); Asif Raza 12-1-59-0(5nb); Ali Azmat 7.2-1-25-1; Kashif Siddique 5.2-0-23-1; Adnan Raza 2-0-7-0.

LAHORE RAVI (2nd Innings):

Rizwan Ahmed c Naeem b Azhar 13

Rizwan Aslam c Naeem b Rao Iftikhar 14

Nasir Jamshed c Azhar b Rao Iftikhar 1

Kashif Siddique not out 36

Adnan Raza not out 15

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-5, NB-1) 10

TOTAL (for three wkts, 29 overs) 89

FALL OF WKTS: 1-23, 2-26, 3-37.

BOWLING (to-date): Rao Iftikhar 9-2-31-2; Azhar Mahmood 10-3-24-1; Rauf Akbar 4-1-11-0 (1nb); Mohammad Altaf 3-1-3-0; Immad Wasim 3-1-11-0.

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