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RAWALPINDI, Oct 22: Fast bowlers played havoc on a helping track as 16 wickets fell on the opening day of Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match between Rawalpindi and Karachi Urban at the KRL Stadium on Saturday.
Sent in to bat, Karachi Urban tumbled for 140 but then recovered to cut down the hosts’ first innings reply to 137 for six.
Left-armer Sohail Tanvir and his right-arm new-ball partner Rizwan Akbar demolished the Karachi innings, sharing equal number of wickets.
Left-arm paceman Nasir Khan was the destroyer-in-chief in Rawalpindi first innings with his five for 53 as Naveed Qureshi hit the top score of 67 off 78 balls with 11 hits to the fence.
Scoreboard
KARACHI URBAN (1st Innings):
Khurram Manzoor b Sohail 3
Shadab Kabir c Rizwan b Sohail 18
Naumanullah c Sajid b Sohail 0
Maisam Hasnain lbw b Sohail 10
Farhan Adil lbw b Rizwan 23
Mohammad Farrukh not out 34
Aminur Rahman c Wasim b Rizwan 2
Rizwan Saeed c Usman b Sohail 21
Tanvir Ahmed b Rizwan 9
Azam Hussain c Wasim b Rizwan 2
Nasir Khan lbw b Rizwan 2
EXTRAS (LB-1, W-2, NB-13) 16
TOTAL (all out, 47 overs) 140
FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-10, 3-34, 4-87, 5-72, 6-76, 7-115, 8-134, 9-136.
BOWLING: Najaf Shah 13-2-31-0 (3nb); Sohail Tanvir 16-1-54-5 (10nb, 2w); Rizwan Akbar 18-3-54-5.
RAWALPINDI (1st Innings):
Sohail Nasir b Nasir 4
Babar Naeem lbw b Nasir 10
Usman Saeed lbw b Nasir 0
Pervez Aziz c Amin b Nasir 4
Naveed Qureshi c Amin b Nasir 67
Asim Iqbal Butt c Amin b Azam 16
Mohammad Wasim not out 5
Sohail Tanvir not out 2
EXTRAS (B-11, LB-1, W-8, NB-9) 29
TOTAL (for six wkts, 36 overs) 137
FALL OF WKTS: 1-25, 2-28, 3-39, 4-37, 5-124, 6-134.
TO BAT: Sajid Mahmood, Rizwan Akbar, Najaf Shah.
BOWLING (to-date): Tanvir Ahmed 8-0-40-0 (4nb); Nasir Khan 17-1-53-5 (3w); Rizwan Saeed 6-0-28-0 (5nb, 5w); Maisam Hasnain 1-0-1-0; Azam Hussain 4-1-3-1.—APP
