April 17, 2007	Tuesday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 28, 1428

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KARACHI, April 16: Sindh were heading for defeat in the Pentangular Cup fixture against Habib Bank after Azam Hussain picked up a 10-wicket match haul at the UBL Sports Complex here on Monday.

After being set a stiff target of 303, Sindh closed the second day’s play at 33 for two on a pitch assisting the spinners.

Azam, the slow left-armer, followed his 4-46 in the first innings with six for 84 as the bankers were dismissed for 249 in the second innings. He ended up with figures of 10 for 130 for the match.

Imran Farhat scored a rapid 69. His 66-ball knock included seven fours and one six.

Earlier, Sindh added 30 for the last wicket after resuming at 109 for nine. Rizwan Ahmed, 46 overnight, made a gutsy 75 with 11 four and two sixes before he provided Abdur Rehman with his fifth wicket of the innings.

Scoreboard

HABIB BANK (1st Innings) 192 (Shahid Afridi 58; Azam Hussain 4-46).

SINDH (1st Innings, overnight 109-9):

Agha Sabir c Taufiq b Irfan 1

Wajihuddin lbw b Sajid 3

Fahad Iqbal c Humayun b Irfan 0

Shahid Qambrani c Khaqan b Rehman 13

Faisal Iqbal c Imran b Rehman 27

Rizwan Ahmed c and b Rehman 75

Amin-ur-Rehman c sub b Rehman 8

Tahir Khan c Riffat b Rehman 0

Tanvir Ahmed c Khaqan b Irfan 3

Azam Hussain run out 2

Uzair-ul-Haq not out 1

EXTRAS (LB-5, NB-1) 6

TOTAL (all out, 46.4 overs) 139

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-39, 5-50, 6-60, 7-65, 8-94, 9-109.

BOWLING: Irfan Fazil 6-0-18-3; Sajid Shah 4-1-12-1 (1nb); Abdur Rehman 19.4-4-58-5; Fahad Masood 6-1-21-0; Shahid Afridi 10-3-25-0; Imran Farhat 1-1-0-0.

HABIB BANK (2nd Innings):

Imran Farhat c Shahid b Tanvir 69

Taufiq Umar c Wajih b Tanvir 21

Riffatullah Mohmand c Amin b Azam 44

Hasan Raza c Faisal b Azam 34

Khaqan Arsal c Tahir b Azam 3

Shahid Afridi c Agha Sabir b Tahir 22

Humayun Farhat st Amin b Azam 0

Sajid Shah not out 18

Fahad Masood c sub b Tahir 18

Abdur Rehman c Wajih b Azam 3

Irfan Fazil c Tahir b Azam 2

EXTRAS (B-12, LB-3) 15

TOTAL (all out, 61.5 overs) 249

FALL OF WKTS: 1-39, 2-129, 3-163, 4-167, 5-190, 6-190, 7-200, 8-228, 9-247.

BOWLING: Tanvir Ahmed 10-2-40-2; Uzair-ul-Haq 6-0-31-0; Tahir Khan 21-1-79-2; Azam Hussain 24.5-4-84-6.

SINDH (2nd Innings):

Agha Sabir lbw b Irfan 2

Wajihuddin c Khaqan b Rehman 14

Fahad Iqbal not out 10

Tanvir Ahmed not out 0

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-6) 7

TOTAL (for two wkts, 11 overs) 33

FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-28.

BOWLING (to-date): Irfan Fazil 2-0-5-1; Fahad Masood 3-1-11-0; Shahid Afridi 4-0-5-0; Abdur Rehman 2-0-5-1.