2nd century for Faisal

Published October 26, 2005

KARACHI, Oct 25: Hyderabad skipper Faisal Athar scored his second century of the match as the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League fixture against Lahore Ravi ended in a tame draw at the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad on Tuesday.

Faisal followed his career-best 171 in the first innings with a responsible 158 as the hosts finished at 294 for six in their second essay.

Earlier, Lahore Ravi carried their overnight total from 466 for five to 530 all out for lead of 94 runs on the first innings.

Scoreboard

HYDERABAD (1st Innings) 436 (Faisal Athar 171, Hanifur Rahman 123, Rizwan Ahmed 96; Farhan Rasheed 4-118).

LAHORE RAVI (1st Innings, overnight 466-5):

Kashif Siddique c Rizwan b Shoaib 105

Shahnawaz Malik c H. Malik b Kashif 9

Rizwan Ahmed c Rizwan b Kashif 78

Imran Abbas b Farhan 95

Salman Qadir c Rizwan b Shoaib 12

Zulqarnain Haider lbw b Farhan 125

Ali Azmat c H. Malik b Farhan 55

Wasim Khan run out 4

Wahab Riaz b Raees 10

Shahzad Butt run out 8

Farhan Rasheed not out 4

EXTRAS (B-6, LB-1, NB-18) 25

TOTAL (all out, 134.2 overs) 530

FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-177, 3-211, 4-246, 5-393, 6-501, 7-508, 8-508, 9-526.

BOWLING: Kashif Raza 25-5-73-2; Farhan Ayub 21-4-85-3; Raees Amjad 21.2-1-100-1; Shoaib Leghari 36-2-128-2; Hanifur Rahman 4-0-23-0; Faisal Athar 8-0-60-0; Shahid Qambrani 5-0-13-0; Rizwan Ahmed 14-2-41-0.

HYDERABAD (2nd Innings):

Hanif Malik c Zulqarnain b Ali 1

Akram Khan c Zulqarnain b Shahzad 0

Shahid Qambrani not out 31

Rizwan Ahmed st Zulqarnain b Salman 1

Faisal Athar lbw b Salman 158

Hanifur Rahman c Ali b Farhan 76

Khadim Hussain c Zulqarnain b Salman 10

Shoaib Leghari not out 0

EXTRAS (B-10, NB-7) 17

TOTAL (for six wkts, 61 overs) 294

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-178, 3-179, 4-271, 5-291, 6-294.

BOWLING: Shahzad Butt 10-1-48-1; Wahab Riaz 10-1-63-0; Farhan Rasheed 11-1-47-1; Ali Azmat 9-1-52-1; Salman Qadir 18-4-66-3; Kashif Siddique 2-0-7-0; Imran Abbas 1-0-1-0.

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