February 14, 2007	Wednesday	Muharram 25, 1428

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KARACHI, Feb 13: Despite a fighting knock by Sarfraz Ahmed, Karachi Harbour struggled to 238 for eight against Sialkot on the opening day of the last-round Gold League match in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy at the National Stadium here on Tuesday.

Sarfraz, the talented wicket-keeper/batsman, hit 70 after coming to the crease with his side in tatters at 87 for four.

Apart from Sarfraz, who slammed seven boundaries during his 138-ball innings, opener Wajihuddin scored 47 and skipper Naumanullah 44.

Off-spinner Tariq Mahmood captured three for 50.

Meanwhile, there was the first day of the match between Peshawar and Lahore Shalimar at Arbab Niaz Stadium was abandoned without a ball being bowled because of heavy showers in Peshawar.

Scoreboard

KARACHI HARBOUR (1st Innings):

Khalid Latif b Kashif 22

Wajihuddin lbw b Tariq 47

Naumanullah b Mansoor 44

Ariz Kamal lbw b Tariq 3

Fawwad Alam c Tahir b Tariq 0

Sarfraz Ahmed c Khalid b Sarfraz 70

Ijaz Ahmed run out 3

Anwar Ali Khan not out 23

Atif Maqbool b Kashif 16

Faraz Ahmed not out 1

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-2, NB-2) 6

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 91 overs) 235

FALL OF WKTS: 1-64, 2-78, 3-81, 4-87, 5-148, 6-172, 7-202.

TO BAT: Uzair-ul-Haq.

BOWLING (to-date): Kashif Raza 18-4-38-2; Tahir Mughal 14-7-30-0; Sarfraz Ahmed 16-4-42-1 (2nb); Mansoor Amjad 24-3-71-1; Tariq Mahmood 19-4-50-3.

SIALKOT: Atiq-ur-Rehman, Hafiz Majid Jahangir, Shahid Yousuf, Ayub Dogar, Ijaz Ahmed Sr, Mansoor Amjad, Hafiz Khalid, Tahir Mughal, Tariq Mahmood, Kashif Raza, Sarfraz Ahmed.

UMPIRES: Zameer Haider and Ahsan Raza.

MATCH REFEREE: Taslim Arif.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Syed Imran Ali.