February 14, 2007	Wednesday	Muharram 25, 1428

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KARACHI, Feb 13: A fine century by opener Agha Sabir helped Karachi Urban score 288 for six against Faisalabad in the crucial Gold League fixture of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy at the UBL Sports Complex here on Tuesday.

The left-handed Sabir hit 102 off 174 balls with the help of nine fours and one six after Karachi Urban won the toss and elected to bat first.

Sabir was involved in two productive partnerships after his opening partner Asif Zakir was bowled by Tauqir Hussain for a duck. The left-hander put on 117 for the second-wicket with Saeed bin Nasir, who made 52.

Skipper Hasan Raza then joined Sabir to add 87 for the third wicket. The Test discard stroked five boundaries in making 41.

Faisal Iqbal was batting on 31 when stumps were drawn but fellow Test batsman Asim Kamal went cheaply for six.

Spinners Saeed Ajmal and Imran Khalid claimed two wickets each.

Scoreboard

KARACHI URBAN (1st Innings):

Agha Sabir c Ijaz b Saeed 102

Asif Zakir b Tauqir 0

Saeed bin Nasir c Ijaz b Imran Khalid 52

Hasan Raza b Imran Khalid 41

Faisal Iqbal not out 31

Asim Kamal c Ijaz b Saeed 6

Imran Javed c Salman b Asad 23

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-10, W-2, NB-13) 33

TOTAL (for six wkts, 90 overs) 288

FALL OF WKTS: 1-7, 2-124, 3-211, 4-217, 5-235, 6-288.

TO BAT: Amin-ur-Rehman, Tahir Khan, Tanvir Ahmed, Azam Hussain.

BOWLING (to-date): Asad Ali 20-7-49-1 (2w); Tauqir Hussain 9-1-37-1; Ahmed Hayat 15-3-53-0 (6nb); Saeed Ajmal 19-3-60-2; Imran Khalid 27-5-71-2.

FAISALABAD: Imran Ali, Asif Hussain, Misbah-ul-Haq, Naved Latif, Ijaz Ahmed Jr, Tauqir Hussain, Mohammad Salman, Ahmed Hayat, Saeed Ajmal, Imran Khalid, Asad Ali.

UMPIRES: Mian Aslam and Siddique Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Saadat Ali.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Muhammad Ahsan.