Shoaib unlucky to miss three figures

Published November 17, 2005

ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: Shoaib Khan was unlucky to miss his century by one run but Quetta still trailed Islamabad by 98 runs on the second day of their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy (Silver League) match at the Diamond Cricket Ground.

Having batted well for a good part of the day Shoaib fell lbw to Zohaib Ahmed for 99, his innings and that of Naseem Khan who scored 52 helping Quetta reach 241 for eight wickets. The visitors had begun the day at 0-0.

Zohaib was the main wicket-taker for Islamabad with 4-52 getting the top four in the batting order. The home side had scored 339 on the opening day.

Scoreboard

ISLAMABAD Ist Innings 339 (Asher Zaidi 179, Raheel Majeed 52; Azharullah 4-95)

QUETTA Ist Innings

Shoaib Khan lbw b Zohaib 99

Hameedullah lbw b Zohaib 8

Sabir Hussain b Zohaib 10

Adil Nasar c Asher b Zohaib 5

Naseem Khan lbw b Asher 55

Jalat Khan lbw b Asher 10

Aroon Lal not out 30

Naseer Khan b Raheel 7

Abdul Rehman c & b Rao 2

Omer Ajmal not out 1

EXTRAS (LB-5, W-7, NB-2) 14

TOTAL (for 8 wkts 84 overs) 241

FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-40, 3-74, 4-176, 5-194, 6-204, 7-221, 8-238

BOWLING: Rao Ifitkhar 22-12-33-1, Zohaib Ahmed 17-4-52-4, Adnan Suleman 5-1-20-0, Fakhir Hussain 5-1-33-0, Bilal Asad 8-1-38-0, Asher Zaidi 21-5-37-2, Raheel Majeed 6-0-23-1.

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