Lahore Ravi on top

Published November 17, 2005

LAHORE, Nov 16: Fine batting by Zulqarnain Haider help Lahore Ravi (LR) earned 34 runs lead on the first innings against Abbotabad in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League at the Lahore Country Club Muridke on Wednesday.

Zulqarnain struck 68 as Lahore Ravi were 262 for seven by close of play, in reply to Abbotabad’s first innings score of 228 after resuming at 226-8 in the morning. Zulqarnain struck 11 fours while facing 101 balls.

Scoreboard

ABBOTABAD (1st innings, overnight 226-8):

Mohsinuddin c Taufeeq b Irfan Fazil 8

Sajid Rasheed b Imran 23

Ashraf Ali c Zulqarnain b Wahab 53

Ali Naqvi lbw b Imran 6

Mohammad Bilal b Wasim 40

Adnan Raees b Imran 43

Ahmed Said b Imran 30

Sajid Shah b Wahab 0

M. Siddiq c Rizwan b Wahab 2

Shakeelur Rehman c Imran b Imran 2

Dilawar Khan not out 0

EXTRAS (B-3,LB-9,NB- 9) 21

TOTAL (all out, 84.2 overs) 228

FALL OF WKTS: 1-43, 2-43, 3-53, 4-112, 5-181, 6-210, 7-212, 8- 226, 9-226.

BOWLING: Wasim Khan 20-3-55-1; Wahab Riaz 20-6-36-3; Irfan Fazil 11-4-36- 1; Imran Tahir 31.2-4-85-5; Ali Azmat 2-1-4-0.

LAHORE RAVI (1st innings):

Kashif Siddique c & b Dilawar 53

Rizwan Ahmed c Siddiq b Shakeel 21

Shahnawaz Malik b Dilawar 25

Imran Abbas lbw Shakeel 24

Taufiq Umar batting 23

Zulqarnain Haider b Siddiq 68

Ali Azmat c Ashraf b Shakeel 23

Waseem Khan run out 0

Imran Tahir batting 2

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-4, NB-17) 23

TOTAL (for seven wkts) 262

FALL OF WKTS: 1-56, 2-106, 3-113, 4-187, 5-232, 6-259, 7-260.

BOWLING: Sajid Shah 12-2-52-0; Shakeel-ur-Rehman 18-8-58-3; Siddiq Khan 12-1-54-1; Dilawar Khan 23-4-79-2; Bilal Marwat 3-0-13-0.

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