January 27, 2007	Saturday	Muharram 07, 1428

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LAHORE, Jan 26: Skipper Mohammad Wasim and Babar Naeem struck their second half-centuries of the match to put Rawalpindi in a strong position of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match against Faisalabad at the Iqbal Stadium on Friday.

Babar, who scored 55 in first innings, made 75 while Wasim followed his 62 with 57 as the visitors reached 277-8 in the second innings to extend their overall lead to 328.

Earlier, Faisalabad were all out for 200 in reply to Rawalpindi’s first-innings score of 251. Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq, 74 overnight, was left stranded on 93 when last man Asad Ali was out.

Scoreboard

RAWALPINDI (1st Innings) 251 (Mohammad Wasim 62; Ahmed Hayat 4-31).

FAISALABAD (1st Innings, overnight 169-9):

Imran Ali c Sajid b Najaf 24

Mohammad Zahid c Yasim b Sohail 16

Abdul Mannan lbw b Najaf 0

Misbah-ul-Haq not out 93

Naved Latif b Sohail 0

Ijaz Ahmed Jr c Sajid b Sohail 11

Mohammad Salman c Sohail b Najaf 12

Imran Khalid c Sohail b Yasim 7

Ahmed Hayat lbw b Yasir 0

Saeed Ajmal b Yasir 0

Asad Ali c Sajid b Yasir 4

EXTRAS (B-10, LB-5, W-3, NB-15) 33

TOTAL (all out, 69.5 overs) 200

FALL OF WKTS: 1-35, 2-35,3-59, 4-59, 5-94, 6-127, 7-145, 8-150, 9-150.

BOWLING: Yasir Arafat 21.5-7-70-3 (6nb); Najaf Shah 22-7-54-3 (3nb, 1w); Sohail Tanvir 20-4-49-3(6nb, 2w); Yasim Murtaza 6-0-12-1.

RAWALPINDI (2nd Innings):

Sohail Nasir lbw b Asad 0

Babar Naeem c Imran b Saeed 75

Tahir Rauf c Imran b Saeed 32

Naveed Qureshi lbw b Asad 15

Mohammad Wasim c Zahid b Ahmed 57

Usman Saeed c Imran Ali b Saeed 22

Yasir Arafat c Ijaz b Ahmed 20

Sohail Tanvir not out 26

Sajid Mahmood b Asad 17

Yasim Murtaza not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-6, NB-7) 13

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 77.2 overs) 277

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-62, 3-98, 4-142, 5-174, 6-227, 7-238, 8-277.

BOWLING (to-date): Asad Ali 20.2-2-66-3 (5nb); Ahmed Hayat 12-0-52-2 (2nb); Imran Khalid 16-1-71-0; Saeed Ajmal 27-4-75-3; Ijaz Ahmed Jr 2-0-7-0.