LAHORE, Dec 24: A double century by opener Adil Nisar and a fiery burst by medium-pacer Kashif Raza put Wapda in a commanding position against Service Industries in the Patron’s Trophy Grade I tie at Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Saturday.

The left-handed Adil made 232 after starting the day at 145 as Wapda amassed 446 for five in their first innings.

Adil’s 303-ball innings included 33 fours and one six. He added 194 for the third-wicket with Aamir Sajjad, who contributed 81 with seven boundaries and one six off 146 balls.

Kashif then claimed all the four wickets to fall for 45 to have Service Industries struggling.

Scoreboard

WAPDA (1st Innings, overnight 268-2):

Adil Nisar c Kamran b Irshad 232

Asif Hussain c Rizwan b Irshad 26

Tariq Aziz lbw b Rizwan 23

Aamir Sajjad c Faisal b Irshad 81

Bilal Khilji b Sohail 39

Jahangir Mirza not out 14

EXTRAS (B-11, LB-3, NB-17) 31

TOTAL (for five wkts decl, 106.2 overs) 446

FALL OF WKTS: 1-71, 2-126, 3-320, 4-387, 5-446.

BOWLING: Mohammad Irshad 29.2-4-127-3 (6nb); Jamshed Ahmed 29-7-90-0 (1nb); Rizwan Akbar 16-3-72-1 (1nb); Sohail Ahmed 28-5-114-1 (8nb); Asim Butt 1-0-11-0; Khurram Shahzad 3-0-18-0.

SERVICE INDUSTRIES (1st Innings):

Afaq Raheem b Kashif 1

Shahjahan Mirza not out 42

Masood Asim Butt c Aamir b Kashif 0

Sohail Ahmed c Adil b Kashif 0

Faisal Khan c Adil b Kashif 61

Khurram Shahzad not out 28

EXTRAS (NB-5) 5

TOTAL (for four wkts, 52 overs) 137

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-4, 3-8, 4-102.

BOWLING: Sarfraz Ahmed 16-3-35-0; (1nb); Kashif Raza 14-3-45-4 (4nb); Faisal Irfan 5-1-17-0; Farooq Iqbal 12-5-25-0; Jahangir Mirza 3-0-14-0; Adil Nisar 2-1-1-0.