First innings lead for LR

Published November 11, 2005

LAHORE, Nov 10: Belligerent unbeaten half-centuries by openers Kashif Siddique and Rizwan Ahmed enabled Lahore Ravi to score 158 without loss against Islamabad’s first innings of 332 in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League at the Mirpur Stadium, AJK on Thursday.

Siddique was batting at 86 with 13 fours and one six while Rizwan Ahmed struck 62 with 11 fours.

Earlier, Islamabad were all out for 332 after resuming at 275- eight wickets. Leg-spinner Imran Tahir (5-123) was the top wicket taker.

Scoreboard

ISLAMABAD (1st innings, overnight 275-8):

Asher Zaidi c Rizwan b Shahzad 17

Afaq Rahim b Umar 65

Farrukh Hayat lbw Imran 10

Bilal Asif b Shahzad 53

Sufyan Munir c Wasim b Imran 71

Fayyaz Ahmed lbw Shahzad 0

Rao Iftikhar b Imran 28

Nauman Sadiq b Imran 4

Zohaib Ahmed not out 33

Yasin Bari c Zulqarnain b Imran 27

Saad Altaf run out 0

EXTRAS (b-3, lb-7, w-1, nb-13) 24

TOTAL (all out, 108 overs) 332

FALL OF WKTS: 1-51, 2-80, 3-107, 4-223,

5-227, 6-236, 7-244, 8- 275, 9-323.

BOWLING: Wasim Khan 22-2-71-0; Irfan Fazil 17-1-40-0; Shahzad Butt 19-4-46-3; Imran Tahir 41-8-123-5; Umer Javed 5-0-29-1; Kashif Siddique 8-3-13-0.

LAHORE RAVI (1st innings):

Kashif Siddique batting 86

Rizwan Ahmed batting 62

EXTRAS (b-5, lb-4, nb-1) 10

TOTAL (no loss, 36.5 overs) 158

BOWLING: Rao Iftikhar 6.5-2-15-0; Saad Altaf 11-1-35-0; Yasin Bari 5-1-26- 0; Zohaib Ahmed 5-0-33-0; Afaq Rahim 3-0-11-0; Bilal Asad 2-0-11- 0; Fayyaz Ahmed 4-0-15-0.

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