KARACHI, Oct 16: Quetta batsmen enjoyed a good opening day to propel the hosts to 300 for six against Hyderabad in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match at the Bugti Stadium on Sunday.

Openers Shoaib Khan (64, nine fours) and Hameedullah (74, 10 fours) provided Quetta with the ideal start by putting on 131 for the first wicket after Hyderabad skipper Rizwan Ahmed opted to field first.

The good work was then carried on by guest player Adil Nisar, who stroked 10 fours and one six in making 73.

Scoreboard

QUETTA (1st Innings):

Shoaib Khan c Hanif b Kashif 64

Hameedullah c Hanif b Farhan 74

Adil Nisar c Akram b Farhan 73

Azizullah c Aqeel b Shoaib 5

Naseem Khan lbw b Raees 45

Jalat Khan not out 14

Sanaullah run out 0

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-8, NB-15) 25

TOTAL (for six wkts, 82.3 overs) 300

FALL OF WKTS: 1-131, 2-173, 3-190, 4-270, 5-296, 6-300.

TO BAT: Arun Lal, Faisal Irfan, Ali Pasha, Mansoor Ahmed.

BOWLING (to-date): Kashif Raza 21-6-67-1 (1nb); Raees Ahmed 16-2-75-1 (6nb); Farhan Ayub 15-2-65-2 (8nb); Shoaib Leghari 25.3-7-68-1; Rizwan Ahmed 5-0-15-0.

HYDERABAD: Akram Khan, Khadim Hussain, Hanifur Rahman, Shahid Qambrani, Aqeel Anjum, Rizwan Ahmed, Hanif Malik, Farhan Ayub, Raees Amjad, Kashif Raza, Shoaib Leghari.

UMPIRES: Siddique Khan and Rasheed Bhatti.