ISLAMABAD, Oct 23: Islamabad were facing the prospects of follow-on after being rocked by Karachi Harbour’s off-spinner Irfanuddin, who captured 6-57 in an impressive haul, in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match at the Diamond Cricket Ground on Sunday.

Irfan’s guile left the Islamabad batsmen clueless and the side were a precarious 156-8 at the close needing another 102 runs to avoid the ignominy of follow-on.

Only Afaq Rahim and Sufyan Munir put up some resistance in scoring 36 apiece after Karachi had posted 407 having resumed at the overnight score of 279-4.

For the visiting side, youngster Fawad Alam struck 74 to boost the total in which Irfanuddin chipped in with 17 useful runs. Stephen John picked up 3-76 while Afaq Rahim and Ashar Zaidi snapped up two wickets each.

Scoreboard

KARACHI HARBOUR (1st Innings, overnight 279-4):

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 b Rauf 35

Afsar Nawaz c Nauman b John 17

Fawad Alam c Saad b Ashar 74

Adnan Malik b John 0

Faraz Ahmed Khan b John 0

Irfanuddin c Rauf b Ashar 17

Malik Aftab not out 5

EXTRAS (B-7, LB-8, W-3, NB-30) 48

TOTAL (all out, 116.1 overs) 407

FALL OF WKTS: 1-33, 2-193, 3-200, 4-274, 5-279, 6-320, 7-321, 8-331, 9-375.

BOWLING: Rauf Akbar 17-3-46-1 (2w); Stephen John 24-3-76-3 (18nb); Saad Altaf 20-2-67-1 (8nb, 1w); Zohaib Ahmed 13-0-55-0 (4nb); Bilal Asad 4-0-19-0; Raheel Majeed 3-0-27-1; Afaq Rahim 18-2-56-2; Ashar Zaidi 17.1-2-46-2.

ISLAMABAD (1st Innings):

Raheel Majeed c Agha Sabir b Aftab 0

Ashar Zaidi c Khalid b Irfan 23

Afaq Rahim c Afsar b Aftab 36

Bilal Asad lbw b Irfan 11

Sufyan Munir c Adnan b Irfan 36

Fayyaz Ahmed b Irfan 2

Rauf Akbar c Afsar b Irfan 29

Nauman Sadiq c Faraz b Irfan 0

Stephen John not out 7

Zohaib Ahmed not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-4, W-4, NB-4) 12

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 45 overs) 156

FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-48, 3-79, 4-110, 5-115, 6-116, 7-120, 8-156.

TO BAT: Saad Altaf.

BOWLING (to-date): Malik Aftab 14-2-41-2 (2w); Faraz Ahmed Khan 9-0-27-0 (4nb, 1w); Khalid Latif 4-1-18-0 (1w); Irfanuddin 15-2-57-6; Adnan Malik 3-0-8-0; Fawad Alam 1-0-1-0.