Faisal raises hopes for Hyderabad

Published February 4, 2007

KARACHI, Feb 3: A fighting century by skipper Faisal Athar revived Hyderabad’s hopes of avoiding defeat against Quetta in their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match at the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday.

Faisal scored 117 as Hyderabad, who trailed in the first innings by 97 runs, reached 274 for eight after batting throughout the third day’s play, having resumed at the overnight score of 37 for one.

The hosts now lead by 177 runs.

Scoreboard

HYDERABAD (1st Innings) 193 (Hanif Malik 90; Zahoor Ahmed 4-39).

QUETTA (1st Innings) 290 (Shoaib Khan 105, Arun Lal 52; Farhan Ayub 6-76).

HYDERABAD (2nd Innings, overnight 37-1):

Faisal Athar c Shahzad b Jalat 117

Ghulam Murtaza c Shoaib b Zahoor 0

Pir Zulfiqar lbw b Arun Lal 35

Hanif-ur-Rehman b Jalat 54

Rizwan Ahmed lbw b Naseer 19

Shahid Qambrani c Shoaib b Jalat 4

Hanif Malik lbw b Jalat 4

Nauman Ali not out 19

Farhan Ayub lbw b Faisal 5

Nasir Awais not out 1

EXTRAS (B-7, LB-1, W-1, NB-7) 16

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 103 overs) 274

FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-94, 3-178, 4-232, 5-237, 6-243, 7-247, 8-268.

BOWLING (to-date): Faisal Irfan 18-9-34-1 (1w); Zahoor Ahmed 20-2-76-1; Arun Lal 14-5-35-1; Naseer Khan 21-0-62-1; Jalat Khan 21-2-35-4 (4nb); Umar Javed 9-1-24-0 (3w).

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