Sabir’s century lifts KH

Published October 23, 2005

ISLAMABAD, Oct 22: Left-handed opener Agha Sabir scored a splendid century to help Karachi Harbour (KH) dominated the opening day’s play to pile up 279 for four against Islamabad in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League encounter at the Diamond Club Ground on Saturday.

Sabir hammered 108 off 179 balls, a knock featuring 16 fours and one six, and dominated the 133-run opening stand with skipper Khalid Latif, who compiled a sedate 40 off 140 balls with seven boundaries.

Saeed bin Nasir (45 with six fours) and Mohtashim Ali (35 not out) chipped in with reasonable contributions to consolidate the innings after Islamabad won the toss and asked Karachiites to bat first.

Scoreboard

KARACHI HARBOUR (1st Innings):

Agha Sabir c Nauman b Afaq 108

Khalid Latif c Nauman b Raheel 40

Fahadullah b Afaq 18

Saeed bin Nasir lbw b Saad 45

Mohtashim Ali not out 35

Afsar Nawaz not out 0

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-8, W-1, NB-22) 33

TOTAL (for four wkts, 83overs) 279

FALL OF WKTS: 1-133, 2-193, 3-200, 4-274.

TO BAT: Fawad Alam, Adnan Malik, Faraz Ahmed Khan, Malik Aftab, Irfanuddin.

BOWLING (to-date): Rauf Akbar 11-3-28-0; Stephen John 16-3-39-0 (12nb); Saad Altaf 13-2-38-1 (6nb, 1w); Zohaib Ahmed 9-0-35-0 (4nb); Bilal Asad 4-0-19-0; Raheel Majeed 3-0-27-1; Afaq Rahim 14-2-43-2; Ashar Zaidi 13-1-40-0.

ISLAMABAD: Raheel Majeed, Ashar Zaidi, Bilal Asad, Afaq Rahim, Sufyan Munir, Fayyaz Ahmed, Nauman Sadiq, Zohaib Ahmed, Rauf Akbar, Saad Altaf, Stephen John.—APP

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