January 25, 2007	Thursday	Muharram 05, 1428

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LAHORE, Jan 24: Fine batting by Ali Azmat and Rizwan Malik guided Lahore Ravi to 331 for six in their first innings against Quetta on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League tie at the LCCA Ground here on Wednesday.

Ali Azmat was batting with 92 against his name while Rizwan hit 80 as Lahore Ravi, who have lost all three matches so far this season, made good recovery after being 198 for five, having lost the toss.

Ali Azmat, who has hit 13 boundaries in his 136-ball innings, and wicket-keeper-batsman Adnan Akmal (52, nine fours) featured in a sixth-wicket stand of 111.

Earlier, Rizwan, who slammed 12 fours in a 156-ball knock, added 98 for the third-wicket with Adnan Raza (34).

Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq, who is playing in this match to prove his fitness in a bid to make the team for the forthcoming ODIs against South Africa, scored just 15 before he was bowled by off-spinner Naseer Khan.

Naseer and medium-pacer Arun Lal bagged two wickets each.

Scoreboard

LAHORE RAVI (1st Innings):

Nasir Jamshed c Shahzad b Arun Lal 14

Rizwan Malik lbw b Alam 80

Kashif Siddique c Sabir b Arun Lal 9

Adnan Raza b Naseer 34

Ali Azmat not out 92

Abdul Razzaq b Naseer 15

Adnan Akmal lbw b Gohar 52

Waqas Ahmed not out 11

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-4, W-4, NB-8) 24

TOTAL (for six wkts, 85.1 overs) 331

FALL OF WKTS: 1-35, 2-49, 3-147, 4-175, 5-198, 6-309.

TO BAT: Mahmood Malik, Asif Raza, Nasim Khan.

BOWLING (to-date): Faisal Irfan 18-4-49-0 (1w); Gohar Faiz 18.4-1-79-1 (5nb); Arun Lal 20-3-79-2 (3nb, 3w); Naseer Khan 20-2-69-2; Mohammad Alam 9-1-45-1.

QUETTA: Shoaib Khan, Abdul Hameed, Kamran Niazi, Sabir Hussain, Umar Javed, Shahzad Tareen, Faisal Irfan, Arun Lal, Naseer Khan, Mohammad Alam, Gohar Faiz.

UMPIRES: Islam Khan and Zaheer Ahmed.

MATCH REFEREE: Naeem Ahmed.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Syed Najam-us-Saeed.