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KARACHI, Dec 30: Pakistan Customs were sitting pretty after reducing DHA to 206 for nine in their first innings on the second day of the Patron’s Trophy Pool ‘A’ match at Quaid-i-Azam Cricket Park on Tuesday.
The unlikely hero for Customs was their coach Mohtashim Rasheed, the veteran slow left-armer who was only playing in this match because of injuries to key bowlers. Bowling to a teasing line and length, Mohtashim picked up four for 34 in 23 excellent overs.
Among his victims were opener Asif Zakir and Wajid Ali who each made 68. Leg-spinner Shahid Mahmood also bowled well to claim two for 31.
Asif’s knock was embellished with 10 boundaries while Wajid struck six fours and one six. The pair added 91 for the third wicket in 83 minutes.
Earlier, Customs were all out for 370 after resuming at 340 for eight with Shahid Mahmood hitting some lusty blows in making 35 off 43 balls.
Scoreboard
PAKISTAN CUSTOMS (1st Innings, overnight 340-8):
Kashif Siddique c Wajid b Anis 46
Khurram Siddique c Wasim b Nasir 8
Naseem Khan c Aamir b Nasir 29
Aamir Bashir b Nasir 108
Fahad Iqbal run out 73
Kamran Hussain c Mohtashim b Rizwan 37
Mohtashim Rasheed lbw b Nasir 0
Hanif Malik lbw b Nasir 0
Shahid Mahmood c Aamir b Umair 35
Uqaab Khan c Aamir b Nasir 7
Uzair-ul-Haq not out 7
EXTRAS (B-2, LB-7, NB-11) 20
TOTAL (all out, 98.5 overs) 370
FALL OF WKTS: 1-18, 2-80, 3-96, 4-242, 5-304, 6-305, 7-305, 8-312, 9-357.
BOWLING: Umair Hasan 15-1-63-1 (6nb); Nasir Khan 33.5-8-99-6 (5nb); Anis Shaikh 18-1-97-1; Rizwan Qureshi 26-4-84-1; Wasim Naeem 5-0-11-0; Asmatullah 1-0-7-0.
DHA (1st Innings):
Asif Zakir c Aamir b Mohtashim 68
Asmatullah c Hanif b Uqaab 0
Mohtashim Ali c Hanif b Uzair 7
Wajid Ali lbw b Mohtashim 68
Sharjeel Ashraf lbw b Kamran 4
Wasim Naeem c and b Mohtashim 10
Aamir Iqbal c Naseem b Mohtashim 20
Rizwan Qureshi b Shahid 5
Umair Hasan not out 7
Anis Shaikh c Naseem b Shahid 0
Nasir Khan not out 0
EXTRAS (B-2, LB-3, NB-12) 17
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 79 overs) 206
FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-27, 3-118, 4-128, 5-155, 6-191, 7-194, 8-206, 9-206.
BOWLING (to-date): Uqaab Khan 14-2-44-1 (8nb); Uzair-ul-Haq 11-1-44-1; Shahid Mahmood 11-3-31-2; Mohtashim Rasheed 23-7-34-4; Kamran Hussain 13-2-31-1 (4nb); Khurram Siddique 7-2-17-0.
