Close finish in prospect

Published October 31, 2005

KARACHI, Oct 30: The Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match between Quetta and Lahore Ravi was heading for a close finish after paceman Azharullah grabbed a career-best seven for 74 at the Bugti Stadium in Quetta on Sunday.

Quetta, needing 252 for victory, ended the third day at 27 for one in the second innings.

Lahore Ravi were dismissed for 236 in the second innings after Quetta conceded a 15-run lead on the first innings.

Scoreboard

LAHORE RAVI (1st Innings) 281 (Kashif Siddique 76, Rizwan Ahmed 53; Naseer Khan 5-66).

QUETTA (1st Innings, overnight 266-9):

Shoaib Khan b Irfan 88

Hameedullah lbw b Shahzad 3

Azizullah c Ali Raza b Shahzad 1

Adil Nisar c Kashif b Ali Azmat 37

Sabir Hussain b Shahzad 44

Arun Lal c Imran b Irfan 24

Jalat Khan b Irfan 0

Naseer Khan c Kashif b Shahzad 6

Faisal Irfan b Wasim 22

Mansoor Ahmed not out 17

Azharullah c Ali Raza b Wasim 0

EXTRAS (B-10, LB-3, NB-11) 24

TOTAL (all out, 77.3 overs) 266

FALL OF WKTS: 1-16, 2-18, 3-124, 4-169, 5-202, 6-202, 7-218, 8-221, 9-266.

BOWLING: Wasim Khan 16.3-4-40-2; Shahzad Butt 19-8-33-4; Irfan Fazil 12-1-70-3 (10nb); Farhan Rasheed 11-2-32-0; Salman Qadir 7-1-25-0; Ali Azmat 10-0-51-1; Rizwan Ahmed 2-1-2-0.

LAHORE RAVI (2nd Innings):

Kashif Siddique b Azhar 37

Rizwan Ahmed c Adil b Azhar 55

Shahnawaz Malik c Arun Lal b Azhar 9

Imran Abbas lbw b Azhar 2

Salman Qadir lbw b Naseer 6

Ali Azmat lbw b Azhar 41

Ali Raza c Hameed b Azhar 0

Farhan Rasheed c Adil b Naseer 1

Shahzad Butt b Naseer 32

Wasim Khan c Faisal b Azhar 6

Irfan Fazil not out 12

EXTRAS (B-22, LB-8, W-2, NB-3) 35

TOTAL (all out, 69.4 overs) 236

FALL OF WKTS: 1-90, 2-104, 3-110, 4-127, 5-127, 6-127, 7-138, 8-182, 9-196.

BOWLING: Faisal Irfan 13-3-32-0; Azharullah 21-5-74-7; Arun Lal 12-1-44-0; Naseer Khan 16.4-6-42-3; Mansoor Ahmed 7-0-14-0.

QUETTA (2nd Innings):

Shoaib Khan lbw b Wasim 0

Azizullah Khan not out 6

Sabir Hussain not out 16

EXTRAS (LB-5) 5

TOTAL (for one wkt, 9 overs) 27

FALL OF WKT: 1-0.

BOWLING (to-date): Wasim Khan 5-2-15-1; Shahzad Butt 4-2-7-0.

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