Faisal shines in drawn match

Published January 10, 2006

LAHORE, Jan 9: A fine 87 by Faisal Iqbal was the main feature on the final day of the three-day match between India and Pakistan ‘A’ which ended in a tame draw at Bagh-i-Jinnah on Monday.

Faisal’s knock also enabled Pakistan ‘A’ to declare the first innings at 358 for nine before tea after resuming at 212 for four in the morning, conceding India 56-run lead on the first innings.

India were 72 without loss in 13 overs in the second innings when the umpires called off the match, 56 minutes before the schedule time.

Wasim Jaffar (35, six fours) and Gautam Gambhir (28, five fours) were at the crease.

Faisal with Zulqarnain Haider (35, five fours) were involved in 88 runs for the seventh-wicket.

Umar Gul (15) and Rao Iftikhar (0) were batting when ‘A’ captain Hasan Raza declared the innings.

Scoreboard

India (1st innings) (for 7 declared in 104 overs) 414

Pakistan ‘A’ (1st innings) (overnight for 4 in 48 overs) 212

Pakistan ‘A’ (1st innings)

Imran Farhat c Zaheer b Harbhajan 107

Bazid Khan c Laxman b Agarkar 6

Mohammad Wasim lbw b Pathan 1

Hasan Raza c Dhoni b Pathan 75

Faisal Iqbal c Harbhajan b Agarkar 87

Asim Kamal c Dhoni b Singh 14

Mansoor Amjad lbw b Zaheer 0

Zulqarnain Haider lbw b Pathan 35

Yasir Arafat c Dhoni b Singh 9

Umar Gul not out 15

Iftikhar Anjum not out 0

Extras (lb 4, nb 5) 9

Total (9 wkts declared, 95 overs) 358

DID NOT BAT: Mohammad Irshad

FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 2-26,3-186, 4-198,5-226,6-227,7-315, 8-337 , 9-358

Bowling: Irfan Pathan 22-6-82-3; Ajit Agarkar 16-3-60-2 (4nb); Rudra Pratap Singh 16-4-62-2; Zaheer Khan 19-2-67-1; Harbhajan Singh 21-1-77-1 (1nb); Yuvraj Singh 1-0-6-0.

India (2nd innings)

G Gambhir not out 28

W Jaffer not out 35

Extras (b 1, w 5, nb 3) 9

Total (no loss, 13 overs) 72

DID NOT BAT: R Dravid, SR Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, AB Agarkar, IK Pathan, MS Dhoni, RP Singh.

Bowling: Umar Gul 5-0-26-0 (1w); Iftikhar Anjum 5-2-17-0; Mohammad Irshad 2-0-20-0 (3nb); Imran Farhat 1-0-8-0.

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