January 21, 2007	Sunday	Muharram 01, 1428

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KARACHI, Jan 20: Karachi Harbour were closing in on their first victory in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League competition after they reducing hosts Peshawar to 170 for six in the second innings on Saturday.

Facing a first-innings deficit of 78 after Karachi Harbour made 211, Peshawar found themselves just 92 runs in front at stumps at the Arbab Niaz Stadium on the third day of the match with all specialist batsmen dismissed.

Once it was Uzair-ul-Haq who created problems for the home team. The young paceman, who claimed four for 37 in the first innings, took four for 26.

Uzair was also responsible for breaking a threatening opening stand when he got rid of Mohammad Fayyaz for 31. Later he captured the prized scalp of in-form Wajahatullah Wasti for 12.

Earlier, Fazle Akbar (4-57) and Riaz Afridi (5-67) shared bowling honours as Karachi Harbour added 62 to their overnight tally of 149 for four.

Scoreboard

PESHAWAR (1st Innings) 133 (Wajahatullah Wasti 68; Uzair-ul-Haq 4-37).

KARACHI HARBOUR (1st Innings, overnight 149-4):

Khalid Latif b Riaz 39

Shadab Kabir c Aftab b Fazle 4

Naumanullah b Riaz 80

Akbar Rehman c Zulfiqar b Riaz 18

Fahad Iqbal c Fayyaz b Riaz 1

Atif Maqbool c Zulfiqar b Fazle 16

Fawwad Alam c Zulfiqar b Fazle 1

Sarfraz Ahmed c Zulfiqar b Fazle 4

Anwar Ali Khan not out 31

Faraz Ahmed lbw b Fayyaz 12

Uzair-ul-Haq c Wajahat b Riaz 0

EXTRAS (LB-4, NB-1) 5

TOTAL (all out, 79.5 overs) 211

FALL OF WKTS: 1-15, 2-124, 3-125, 4-133, 5-150, 6-154, 7-164, 8-168, 9-206.

BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 20-5-57-4 (1nb); Waqar Ahmed 15-7-50-0; Riaz Afridi 32.5-12-67-5; Arshad Khan 5-1-7-0; Janisar Khan 5-0-19-0; Mohammad Fayyaz 2-0-7-1.

PESHAWAR (2nd Innings):

Mohammad Fayyaz b Uzair 31

Aftab Khan c Nauman b Anwar 46

Riffatullah Mohmand c Sarfraz b Anwar 8

Shoaib Khan c Sarfraz b Uzair 9

Wajahatullah Wasti b Uzair 12

Janisar Khan c Sarfraz b Uzair 33

Zulfiqar Jan not out 16

Arshad Khan not out 0

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, NB-8) 15

TOTAL (for six wkts, 55.2 overs) 170

FALL OF WKS: 1-63, 2-96, 3-101, 4-113, 5-130, 6-170.

BOWLING (to-date): Anwar Ali Khan 15-3-43-2; Faraz Ahmed 14-3-42-0; Atif Maqbool 12.2-1-52-0 (7nb); Uzair-ul-Haq 14-4-26-4 (1nb).