April 04, 2007	Wednesday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 15, 1428

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KARACHI, April 3: Fine centuries by Imran Farhat and Hasan Raza helped Habib Bank pile up 387 for three in their first innings against Punjab on the opening day of the four-day Pentangular Cup match at the National Stadium here on Tuesday.

Imran, the left-handed Test opener, hammered 20 fours and a brace of sixes in scoring an unbeaten 171 off 285 balls. Test discard Hasan stroked 15 fours and two sixes in a 156-ball 123 after Punjab skipper Kamran Akmal elected to field first after winning the toss.

After Taufiq Umar (34) and Khaqan Arsal (16) departed with the total on 107, the Punjab bowlers wilted as Imran and Hasan added 241 for the third wicket in 221 minutes.

Shahid Afridi, the Habib Bank skipper, is batting on 26.

Scoreboard

HABIB BANK (1st Innings):

Imran Farhat not out 171

Taufiq Umar b Azhar 34

Khaqan Arsal c Kamran b K. Raza 16

Hasan Raza st Kamran b Salman 123

Shahid Afridi not out 26

EXTRAS (LB-4, W-7, NB-6) 17

TOTAL (for three wkts, 90 overs) 387

FALL OF WKTS: 1-68, 2-107, 3-348.

TO BAT: Aftab Khan, Humayun Farhat, Abdur Rehman, Sajid Shah, Danish Kaneria, Irfan Fazil.

BOWLING (to-date): Kashif Raza 10-2-27-1 (1w); Mohammad Khalil 13-2-60-0 (3nb, 2w); Rao Iftikhar 11-2-40-0 (1w); Azharullah 13-2-66-1; Mohammad Hafeez 22-1-83-0; Kashif Siddique 9-0-42-0; Salman Butt 12-0-65-1 (2nb).

PUNJAB: Imran Nazir, Salman Butt, Kashif Siddique, Mohammad Hafeez, Atiq-ur-Rehman, Naved Latif, Kamran Akmal, Rao Iftikhar, Kashif Raza, Azharullah, Mohammad Khalil.

UMPIRES: Afzaal Ahmed and M. Akbar Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Taslim Arif.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Salman Hussain.