March 03, 2008	Monday	Safar 24, 1429

KARACHI, March 2: Bazid Khan scored his second century of the match to help Federal Areas earn a draw in the Pentangular Cup tie against NWFP at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar on Sunday.

Bazid followed his 170 in the first innings with exactly 100 off 164 balls as Federal Areas, who were forced to follow-on, reached 296-5 in their second innings on the fourth and final day.

Bazid’s third hundred in the championship was embellished with 13 boundaries and spanned just over three hours. The right-hander, who turns 27 on March 25, was given good support by Ashar Zaidi (75 off 143 balls, nine fours and two sixes) as the two of them put on 169 for the third wicket.

Sohail Tanvir struck a bright 50 off only 39 balls with 10 fours.

Earlier, Federal Areas’ first innings folded up for 390 after they had resumed at 381-8. Nauman Habib claimed four for 76.

Scoreboard

NWFP (1st Innings) 573 (Aftab Khan 178 not out, Yasir Hameed 107, Riffatullah Mohmand 100, Younis Khan 59, Khurram Shahzad 53; Sohail Tanvir 4-132).

FEDERAL AREAS (1st Innings, overnight 381-8):

Raheel Majeed c Zulfiqar b Waqar 16

Afaq Raheem b Yasir Shah 31

Ashar Zaidi c Yasir Shah b Fazle 4

Bazid Khan c Khurram b Nauman 170

Usman Saeed lbw b Nauman 1

Naveed Qureshi lbw b Yasir Shah 78

Yasir Arafat b Yasir Shah 58

Sohail Tanvir c Zulfiqar b Nauman 0

Naeem Anjum b Waqar 9

Yasir Ali not out 4

Saeed Ajmal c Zulfiqar b Nauman 1

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-8, W-1, NB-4) 18

TOTAL (all out, 112.1 overs) 381

FALL OF WKTS: 1-33, 2-37, 3-102, 4-107, 5-276, 6-358, 7-358, 8-371, 9-389.

BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 25-4-70-1; Waqar Ahmed 18-3-73-2 (1nb); Yasir Shah 33-8-97-3 (1w); Nauman Habib 18.1-1-76-4 (2nb); Wajahatullah Wasti 17-0-58-0; Aftab Khan 1-0-3-0.

FEDERAL AREAS (2nd Innings, following-on):

Raheel Majeed c Zulfiqar b Waqar 31

Afaq Raheem c Zulfiqar b Waqar 22

Ashar Zaidi c Aftab b Yasir Shah 75

Bazid Khan c Khurram b Yasir Shah 100

Sohail Tanvir c Khurram b Yasir Hameed 50

Usman Saeed not out 7

Naeem Anjum not out 0

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-8, NB-1) 11

TOTAL (for five wkts, 74 overs) 296

FALL OF WKTS: 1-52, 2-62, 3-231, 4-243, 5-291.

BOWLING: Nauman Habib 8-0-44-0 (1nb); Fazle Akbar 8-1-27-0; Waqar Ahmed 7-1-21-2; Yasir Shah 29-9-79-2; Khurram Shahzad 12-1-61-0; Riffatullah Mohmand 4-1-8-0; Aftab Khan 1-0-5-0; Zulfiqar Jan 2-0-13-0; Yasir Hameed 2-0-24-1; Younis Khan 1-0-4-0.

RESULT: Match drawn.

UMPIRES: Nadeem Ghauri and Ahmed Shahab.

MATCH REFEREE: Abdul Sami Khan.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Nadeem Akhtar.