KARACHI, Oct 25: An undefeated Adnan Raees century and equally good contributions from Yasir Hameed and Wajid Ali guided the NWFP to 293 for two in their first innings against Balochistan on the opening day of the Pentangular Cup fixture at the Bugti Stadium in Quetta on Saturday.

Vindicating skipper Umar Gul’s decision to bat first, the NWFP made a flying start through openers Yasir and Adnan, who added 109 until Yasir was dismissed seven minutes before lunch for 72 (78 balls, 13 boundaries).

Wajid Ali then joined Adnan at the crease for even bigger partnership. The duo put on 176 before pace bowler Abdur Rauf broke through when he bowled Wajid for 82 (191 balls, eight fours).

The left-handed Adnan, however, carried on the good work by finishing the day with 122 (265 balls) against his name. His third first-class century includes 13 boundaries in a stay of six hours and 20 minutes.

Scoreboard

NWFP (1st Innings):

Yasir Hameed c Saeed bin Nasir b Saeed Jr 72

Adnan Raees not out 122

Wajid Ali b Abdur Rauf 82

Riaz Kail not out 3

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-7, W-2, NB-4) 14

TOTAL (for two wkts, 90 overs) 293

FALL OF WKTS: 1-109, 2-285.

TO BAT: Shoaib Khan, Aftab Khan, Zulfiqar Jan, Junaid Khan, Yasir Shah, Umar Gul, Nauman Habib.

BOWLING (to-date): Abdur Rauf 18-4-42-1; Kamran Hussain 11-4-28-0 (4nb); Mohammad Irshad 11-0-53-0; Azharullah 16-3-47-0 (1w); Saeed Anwar Jr 21-1-61-1; Misbah-ul-Haq 10-0-40-0 (1w); Usman Tariq 3-0-14-0.

BALOCHISTAN: Shoaib Khan Jr, Usman Tariq, Saeed Anwar Jr, Misbah-ul-Haq, Saeed bin Nasir, Naseem Khan, Kamran Hussain, Gulraiz Sadaf, Abdur Rauf, Mohammad Irshad, Azharullah.

UMPIRES: Ahmed Shahab and Ahsan Raza.

MATCH REFEREE: Ishtiaq Ahmed.