Hyderabad struggle

Published October 18, 2005

KARACHI, Oct 17: Hyderabad were battling for survival after Quetta piled up a first-innings score of 439 on the second day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match at the Bugti Stadium on Monday.

The visitors closed the day at 127 for four with skipper Rizwan Ahmed (8) and Khadim Hussain (13) batting.

Earlier, Quetta added 139 to their overnight tally of 300 for six.

SCOREBOARD

QUETTA (1st Innings, overnight 300-6):

Shoaib Khan c Hanif Malik b Kashif 64

Hameedullah c Hanif Malik b Farhan 74

Adil Nisar c Akram b Farhan 73

Azizullah c Aqeel b Shoaib 5

Naseem Khan lbw b Raees 45

Jalat Khan c Hanifur b Shoaib 65

Sanaullah run out 0

Arun Lal c Hanifur b Raees 28

Faisal Irfan lbw b Shoaib 26

Manzoor Ahmed c Hanifur b Kashif 24

Imran Ali not out 1

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-14, NB-16) 34

TOTAL (all out, 123.3 overs) 439

FALL OF WKTS: 1-131, 2-173, 3-190, 4-270, 5-296, 6-300, 7-374, 8-395, 9-433.

BOWLING: Kashif Raza 29.3-11-80-2; Raees Ahmed 28-4-114-2; Farhan Ayub 21-3-88-2; Shoaib Leghari 36-8-105-3; Rizwan Ahmed 9-0-34-0.

HYDERABAD (1st Innings):

Akram Khan run out 20

Aqeel Anjum c Sanaullah b Arun 11

Hanifur Rahman c Adil b Arun 26

Shahid Qambrani lbw b Imran 21

Rizwan Ahmed not out 8

Khadim Hussain not out 13

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-10, W-1, NB-12) 28

TOTAL (for four wkts, 40 overs) 127

FALL OF WKTS: 1-45, 2-56, 3-91, 4-100.

TO BAT: Hanif Malik, Farhan Ayub, Raees Amjad, Kashif Raza, Shoaib Leghari.

BOWLING (to-date): Faisal Irfan 12-3-41-0; Imran Ali 12-1-33-1; Arun Lal 12-2-33-2; Manzoor Ahmed 4-2-5-0.

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