Zulqarnain hits century

Published December 19, 2005

LAHORE, Dec 18: A fine century by Zulqarnain Haider and equally good batting by Tahir Mughal gave PTCL a handy 120-run lead on first innings against ZTBL on third day of Patron’s Trophy Grade I match at Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Sunday.

Zulqarnain, who was 88 overnight, scored 102 with seven fours off 206 balls while Shahzad contributed a valuable 70.

Scoreboard

ZTBL (1st Innings) 259 (Naveed Qureshi 91; Tahir Mughal 4-71, Mohammad Khalil 4-76).

PTCL (1st Innings, overnight 265-6):

Usman Tariq lbw b Rao Iftikhar 0

Ashar Zaidi c sub b Naeem 46

Babar Naeem c Bilal b Tanvir 1

Zulqarnain Haider c Adnan b Naeem 102

Aamir Bashir lbw b Bilal 77

Asim Kamal c Adnan b Bilal 2

Shahzad Malik c Adnan b Tanvir 33

Tahir Mughal c Rao Iftikhar b Naeem 70

Riaz Afridi b Naeem 14

Waqar Ahmed c Hammad b Naeem 17

Mohammad Khalil not out 4

EXTRAS ((B-1, LB-9, NB-3) 13

TOTAL (all out, 119.3 overs) 379

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-1, 3-83, 4-199, 5-207, 6-251, 7-303, 8-325, 9-374.

BOWLING: Rao Iftikhar 23-2-76-1 (1nb); Tanvir Ahmed 30-5-84-2 (2nb); Bilal Asad 24-5-62-2; Naeem Anjum 37.3-6-122-5; Raheel Majeed 4-0-18-0; Naveed Qureshi 4-0-7-0.

ZTBL (2nd Innings):

Raheel Majeed c Aamir b Riaz 43

Hammad Tariq c Shahzad b Khalil 3

Faisal Naved not out 38

Atif Ali Zaidi not out 11

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-1, W-2, NB-5) 9

TOTAL (for two wkts, 36 overs) 104

FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 2-84.

BOWLING (to-date): Tahir Mughal 7-0-21-0 (1w); Mohammad Khalil 12-2-42-1; Riaz Afridi 5-4-1-1; Waqar Ahmed 11-3-35-0 (5nb, 1w)); Babar Naeem 1-0-3-0; Ashar Zaidi 1-0-3-0.

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