Wapda struggle after taking lead

Published December 18, 2003

HYDERABAD, Dec 17: Wapda were in some bother as they lost five second innings wickets for 112 runs against Pakistan Customs on the third day of

the Patron’s Trophy Pool ‘A’ match at Niaz Stadium on Wednesday.

Wapda, who led by 49 runs on the first innings, are only 161 runs in front with Hasan Adnan, the remaining recognized batsman at crease. Wapda, in fact, have staged some sort of recovery through Hasan (28) and skipper Zahid Umar (20) after being reduced to 81 for five.

Earlier, Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan and left-armer Sarfraz Ahmed shared the bowling honours. The pace duo finished with four wickets each as Customs were bowled for 294 in response to Wapda’s 343 in the first innings.

Scoreboard

WAPDA (1st Innings) 343 (Tariq Aziz 112; Stephen John 5-78).

PAKISTAN CUSTOMS (1st Innings, 179-3):

Khurram Siddique b Sarfraz 30

Rawait Khan c Asif b Sarfraz 6

Naseem Khan c Adil b Sarfraz 77

Aamir Bashir lbw b Kashif 47

Bilal Khilji b R. Naveed 6

Kamran Hussain c Zahid b R. Naveed 31

Nisar Abbas lbw b Sarfraz 2

Atif Maqbool c Shoaib b Aqeel 10

Hanif Malik c Rizwan b R. Naveed 29

Stephen John c Hasan b R. Naveed

Imran Ali not out 1

EXTRAS (B-7, LB-3, W-1, NB-20) 36

TOTAL (all out, 100.4 overs) 294

FALL OF WKTS: 1-27, 2-50, 3-162, 4-186, 5-196, 6-210, 7-230, 8-236, 9-283.

BOWLING: Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 34.4-5-91-4 (11nb); Sarfraz Ahmed 37-14-86-4 (1w); Kashif Raza 8-1-25-1 (5nb); Aqeel Ahmed 21-5-77-1 (4nb).

WAPDA (2nd Innings):

Adil Nisar c Hanif b John 12

Asif Hussain c Rawait b Aamir 16

Tariq Aziz c Naseem b John 6

Shoaib Khan lbw b Aamir 15

Hasan Adnan not out 28

Rizwan Malik lbw b Aamir 0

Zahid Umar not out 20

EXTRAS (B-4, NB-11) 15

TOTAL (for five wkts, 52 overs) 112

FALL OF WKTS: 1-30, 2-40, 3-46, 4-80, 5-81.

BOWLING (to-date): Imran Ali 18-4-40-0 (5nb); Stephen John 12-3-23-2 (3nb); Kamran Hussain 7-3-18-0; Aamir Bashir 14-4-27-3 (3nb); Atif Maqbool 1-1-0-0.

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