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ISLAMABAD, Nov 15: Asher Zaidi struck an elegant 175 on Tuesday as Islamabad posted an imposing 339 runs on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy (Silver League) game against Quetta at the Diamond Cricket Ground. The batsman’s sparkling innings was laced with impressive 30 hits to the ropes and a six. He faced 233 deliveries and batted comfortably to give his side an early advantage in the match.
Asher was dismissed late in the day by Aroon Lal who took 3-89 behind strike bowler Azharullah who returned figures of 4-95.
Raheel Majeed’s fine half century was however overshadowed by the batting heroics of Asher.
Quetta openers Shoaib Khan and Hameedullah, in reply, could face only one ball without loss before bad light stopped play 4.5 overs early.
Scoreboard
ISLAMABAD (Ist Innings)
Raheel Majeed c Hameed b Rehman 52
Afaq Raheem lbw b Azhar 8
Asher Zaidi c Umar b Aroon 179
Bilal Asad b Aroon 17
Ameer Khan b Aroon 5
Sohaib Faisal lbw b Azhar 36
Rao Iftikhar b Jalat 1
Zohaib Ahmed b Jalat 6
Noman Sadiq c Hameed b Azhar 0
Adnan Suleman not out 3
Fakhir Hussain c Adil b Azhar 8
EXTRAS (B-2, LB-12, NB-10) 24
TOTAL (all out, 75.4 overs) 339
FALL of wkts: 1-9, 2-127, 3-156, 4-172, 5-270, 6-273, 7-285, 8-288, 9-330
BOWLING: Azharullah 21.4-6-95-4, Abdul Rehman 14-3-46-1, Aroon Lal 17-1-89-3, Umar Ajmal 7-0-33-0, Naseer Khan 9-2-45-0, Jalat Khan 7-3-17-2
QUETTA (Ist Innings)
Shoaib Khan not out 0
Hameedullah not out 0
TOTAL (for no loss, 0.1 over) 0
BOWLING: Rao Iftikhar 0.1-0-0-0
Umpires: Mian Aslam and Akbar Khan Match referee: Khateeb Rizwan
