Three points for Abbottabad

Published October 26, 2005

KARACHI, Oct 25: Abbottabad settled for three points after a century by Shoaib Khan ensured a draw for hosts Quetta in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match at the Bugti Stadium on Tuesday.

Having taken a first-innings lead of 167, Abbottabad declared their second innings at the overnight score of 203 for eight to set Quetta a target of 371.

Shoaib, who made 104, and skipper Naseem Khan (91) however stood out when the match finished with Quetta 318 for seven in the second innings.

Scoreboard

ABBOTTABAD (1st Innings) 467 (Bilal Marwat 176, Ali Naqvi 54, Ashraf Ali 54).

QUETTA (1st Innings) 300 (Arun Lal 55, Hameedullah Khan 50; Dilawar Khan 5-107, Nasir Jalil 4-53).

ABBOTTABAD (2nd Innings) 203-8 declared (Bilal Marwat 65; Jalat Khan 4-39).

QUETTA (2nd Innings):

Shoaib Khan lbw b Dilawar 104

Hameedullah Khan c Ashraf b Sajid Shah 8

Naseem Khan b Dilawar 91

Adil Nisar c Bilal b Tariq 19

Azizullah Khan lbw b Dilawar 3

Arun Lal not out 45

Jalat Khan c Adnan b Bilal 15

Faisal Irfan c Ahmed Said b Tariq 2

Mansoor Khan not out 0

EXTRAS (B-10, LB-11, W-1, NB-9) 31

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 81 overs) 318

FALL OF WKTS: 1-34, 2-42, 3-85, 4-233, 5-252, 6-291, 7-299.

BOWLING: Nasir Jalil 14-2-63-0; Sajid Shah 13-1-45-1; Dilawar Khan 31-4-121-3; Tariq Mahmood 12-0-50-2; Bilal Marwat 11-1-38-1.

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