Misbah sparkles

Published January 15, 2002

SARGODHA, Jan 14: Test reject Misbah-ul-Haq made an unbeaten 87 as Sargodha closed a curtailed first day of their match against Hyderabad on 252 for three at Sports Stadium Monday.

Mohammad Nawaz was the other chief contributor with 65. He shared a third wicket stand of 145 with Misbah.

Play began 70 minutes late and ended at 4.18 due to fading light.

Scoreboard

SARGODHA (1st Innings):

Mohammad Hafeez b Faisal 42

Khurram Niazi lbw b Faisal 41

Mohammad Nawaz c Hanif b Raees 55

Misbah-ul-Haq not out 87

Tanvir Hussain not out 2

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-3, NB-10) 15

TOTAL (for three wkts, 66.3 overs) 252

FALL OF WKTS: 1-69, 2-90, 3-235.

BOWLING (to-date): Raees Amjad 20-3-51-1; Irshad Notkani 7-0-23-0; Anwaar Ali 11-0-77-0; Faisal Khanzada 13-0-56-2; Rizwan Ahmed 10-3-27-0; Ayaz Taifi 5.3-0-13-0.

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