January 27, 2007	Saturday	Muharram 07, 1428

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LAHORE, Jan 26: Opener Khalid Latif hit a fine century to help Karachi Harbour set Lahore Shalimar a challenging target of 383 in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League fixture at the Gaddafi Stadium on Friday.

Khalid stroked 103 with the aid of 13 boundaries and added 124 for the fifth-wicket with skipper Naumanullah (64, seven fours) after Karachi Harbour found themselves in trouble at 54 for four in the second innings.

The visitors, already holding a lead of 140 on the first innings, declared their second innings at 242 for six. Ex-international Junaid Zia claimed four wickets.

Lahore Shalimar, however, were looking in a mood to chase the target as they finished the day at 44 without loss. Big-hitting Humayun Farhat, prompted in the order, blasted four fours in making 23. First-class debutant Ahmed Shahzad was not out on 19 with three strokes to fence.

The hosts need another 339 runs for their first victory this season.

Scoreboard

KARACHI HARBOUR (1st Innings) 319 (Sarfraz Ahmad 75, Fahad Iqbal 71; Junaid Zia 4-82).

LAHORE SHALIMAR (1st Innings) 179 (Atif Maqbool 5-63).

KARACHI HARBOUR (2nd Innings, overnight 18-0).

Khalid Latif c Humayun b Junaid 103

Ariz Kamal lbw b Junaid 14

Akbar Rehman c Humayun b Jamshed 1

Fawwad Alam c Jamshed b Junaid 3

Fahad Iqbal c Arsalan b Junaid 0

Naumanullah c sub b Arsalan 64

Sarfraz Ahmed not out 36

Anwar Ali Khan not out 4

EXTRAS (B-6, LB-8, W-1, NB-2) 17

TOTAL (for six wkts, decl, 68 overs) 242

FALL OF WKTS: 1-46, 2-47, 3-54, 4-54, 5-178, 6-227.

BOWLING: Mohammad Khalil 20-5-59-0 (2nb); Junaid Zia 21-3-69-4; Jamshed Ahmed 13-2-40-1 (1w); Arsalan Mir 7-1-28-1; Usman Malik 7-0-32-0.

LAHORE SHALIMAR (2nd Innings):

Ahmed Shahzad not out 19

Humayun Farhat not out 23

EXTRAS (LB-1, NB-1) 2

TOTAL (for no wkt, 11.2 overs) 44

BOWLING (to-date): Anwar Ali Khan 6-0-27-0; Faraz Ahmed 5-1-15-0 (1nb); Atif Maqbool 0.2-0-1-0.