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KARACHI, Oct 15: As many as 16 wickets fell on the first day of Patron’s Trophy Grade-I match between KRL and Habib Bank at Saga Ground, Sialkot Monday.
KRL, who were put into bat by Habib Bank skipper Akram Raza, collapsed from 109 for three to 150 all out before the bankers limped to 84 for six in reply, according to details available here.
Former Test opener Ali Naqvi was the only KRL batsman to prosper with 89 off 131 deliveries in a stay of 233 minutes. With fellow Test reject, Mohammad Ramzan (23), Naqvi put on 57 for the first wicket in 87 minutes.
Another Test discard Shahid Nazir claimed five for 46, Sajid Shah three for 52 while Asadullah Butt chipped in with two wickets for three runs.
Left-arm medium-pacer Stephen John then sliced through the top order as Habib Bank crashed from 39 for no wicket to 76 for six. John finished the day with four for 28.
KRL (1st Innings):
Ali Naqvi c Atiq b Shahid 89
Mohammad Ramzan lbw b Shahid 23
Mohammad Wasim b Shahid 0
Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b Shahid 0
Intikhab Alam lbw b Sajid 14
Saeed bin Nasir c Atiq b Sajid 2
Zulfiqar Jan b Sajid 2
Yasir Arafat lbw b Shahid 5
Naeem Akhtar lbw b Asad 0
Stephen John not out 1
Mohammad Asif b Asad 4
EXTRAS (LB-7, NB-3) 10
TOTAL (all out, 49.1 overs) 150
FALL OF WKTS: 1-57, 2-57, 3-59, 4-109, 5-111, 6-121, 7-137, 8-140, 9-144.
BOWLING: Kabir Khan 9-5-17-0; Shahid Nazir 16-5-46-5; Sajid Shah 15-1-52-3; Irfan Fazil 7-1-25-0; Asadullah Butt 2.1-1-3-2.
HABIB BANK (1st Innings):
Imran Farhat lbw b John 23
Saleem Elahi c sub b John 17
Asadullah Butt lbw b John 2
Irfan Fazil b John 6
Hasan Raza b Yasir 9
Farhan Adil not out 12
Atiq-uz-Zaman lbw b Yasir 0
Sajid Shah not out 1
EXTRAS (LB-4, NB-8) 12
TOTAL (for six wkts, 25.3 overs) 84
FALL OF WKTS: 1-39, 2-51, 3-57, 4-65, 5-69, 6-76.
TO BAT: Akram Raza, Kabir Khan, Shahid Nazir.
BOWLING (to-date): Mohammad Asif 6.3-0-32-0; Stephen John 11-5-28-4; Naeem Akhtar 5-0-17-0; Yasir Arafat 3-2-3-2.
UMPIRES: Shakeel Khan and Ijaz Ahmed.
MATCH REFEREE: Khalid Niazi.
