NWFP on verge of victory

Published January 5, 2002

KARACHI, Jan 4: Rest of NWFP were denied early victory as poor weather curtailed play in the Quaid Trophy tie against Rest of Punjab at Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar Friday.

According to details available here, Punjab, who resumed at 61 for two, reached 187 for nine in their second innings to lead by just 71 runs.

Scoreboard

REST OF PUNJAB (1st Innings) 90 (Sajid Shah 4-24).

REST OF NWFP (1st Innings) 206 (Adnan Raees 68).

REST OF PUNJAB (2nd Innings, overnight 61-2):

Rizwan Ahmed c Adnan b Shakeel 8

Kashif Naveed lbw b Umair 15

Saeed Anwar Jr c Ahmed Said b Sajid 65

Aamir Bashir c Ahmed Said b Sajid 21

Sufian Munir c Ahmed Said b Umair 5

Mohammad Ali Niazi c Adnan b Umair 5

Mubashir Ishaq lbw b Sajid 9

Mohammad Fazil not out 6

Shabbir Ahmed c Ahmed Said b Umair 2

Abdur Rauf c Ahmed Said b Sajid 11

Azhar Abbas not out 4

EXTRAS (LB-9, W-1, NB-25) 35

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 67 overs) 187

FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-36, 3-86, 4-94, 5-114, 6-143, 7-156, 8-163, 9-178.

BOWLING (to-date): Sajid Shah 21-4-59-4; Shakeel-ur-Rehman 20-3-58-1; Umair Khan 18-4-43-4; Mohammad Aslam 7-1-18-0; Bilal Marwat 1-1-0-0.

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