Multan spinners send KU reeling

Published September 11, 2007

KARACHI, Sept 10: Spin duo of Farhan Ahmed and Adeel Hanif triggered a Karachi Urban collapse to help Multan take first day’s honours in the three-day PCB Inter-regional Under-19 Cricket Championship match at the Landhi Gymkhana Ground here on Monday.

Electing to bat first, Karachi Urban were bowled out for a disappointing 175 in their first innings after being 79 for one at one stage.

Barring skipper Shan Masood, who made an attractive 53 off 65 balls with 11 boundaries, none of the other batsmen played a lengthy innings.

Slow left-armer Farhan returned excellent figures of five for 31 in 16 overs while off-spinner proved an ideal foil with four for 58 in 21 overs.

Multan closed at 104 for four in reply.

Scores on Monday:

At Landhi Gymkhana Ground, Karachi:

KARACHI URBAN 175 in 55 overs (Shan Masood 53; Farhan Ahmed 5-31, Adeel Hanif 4-58); MULTAN 104-4 in 26.2 overs.

At Sports Stadium, Sargodha:

LAHORE RAVI 90-4 in 27 overs v FAISALABAD.

At LCCA Ground, Lahore:

LAHORE SHALIMAR 243 in 68.2 overs (Saad Nasim 85, Qambar Iqbal 41; Nayyar Abbas 4-67) v SIALKOT.

At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar:

PESHAWAR 322 in 80.4 overs (Jibran Khan 85, Adil Amin 76, Mohammad Rizwan 61); ABBOTTABAD 26-1 in 6 overs.

At Bugti Stadium, Quetta:

HYDERABAD 212 in 69.5 overs (Shabih Hyder 69, Hasan Ali 48; Mohammad Irfan Sr 4-57); QUETTA 23-2 in 15 overs.

At Diamond Club Ground, Islamabad:

ISLAMABAD 242 in 81.5 overs (Umair Mir 56, Imad Wasim 49, Zahid Iqbal 44; Samiullah 4-36) v RAWALPINDI.

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