March 13, 2008	Thursday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 4,1429

KARACHI, March 12: A mammoth 431-run partnership between Pakistan opener Yasir Hameed and Asad Shafiq helped NWFP pile up 503 for two in the second day of the Pentangular Cup fixture against Balochistan at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar on Wednesday.

Yasir, the 30-year-old right-hander, smashed a career-best 265 not out, while Karachi-born Asad hit 181as the pair showed no mercy to the bowlers during their second-wicket stand in 325 minutes.

Yasir negotiated309 balls and laced his knock with 43 fours and six sixes. Asad, the wicket-keeper/batsman, hammered 33 fours and one six in his 251-ball innings.NWFP finished the day with a lead of 195 on the first innings.

Scoreboard

BALOCHISTAN (1st Innings) 308 (Saeed bin Nasir 149 not out, Sohaib Maqsood 60; Waqar Ahmed 4-47).

NWFP (1st Innings, overnight 36-0):

Riffatullah Mohmand c Sohaib b Rauf 11

Yasir Hameed not out 265

Asad Shafiq c sub b Rauf 181

Khurram Shahzad not out 9

EXTRAS (LB-4, W-4, NB-29) 37

TOTAL (for two wkts, 97 overs) 503

FALL OF WKTS: 1-42, 2-473.

TO BAT: Aftab Khan, Younis Khan, Fawad Khan, Yasir Shah, Shakeel-ur-Rehman, Nauman Habib, Waqar Ahmed.

BOWLING (to-date): Abdur Rauf 21-1-122-2 (12nb); Mohammad Irshad 0.1-0-4-0; Faisal Irfan 18.5-1-84-0; Jalat Khan 21-1-94-0 (9nb, 3w); Yasir Arafat Jr 13-0-51-0 (1nb, 1w); Sohaib Maqsood 16-0-108-0 (7nb); Saeed bin Nasir 7-0-36-0.