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KARACHI, Feb 3: Karachi Whites were heading for their first defeat in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I championship after Bahawalpur took a first innings lead of 300 at Bahawalpur Stadium Sunday.
According to details available here, despite fine knocks by debutant opener Saif Ashraf (61 off 156 balls) and the diminutive Mohammad Masroor (66 off 95 balls), Karachi Whites were struggling at 241 for six in their second innings at draw of stumps.
Karachi Whites lost skipper Ghulam Ali cheaply but recovered to reach 192 for three thanks to two useful partnerships. Saif and Saeed bin Nasir (43) added 75 for the second wicket while Hasan Raza (38) and Masroor put on 60 for the fourth wicket.
Earlier, Rehan Rafiq, who hit an unbeaten 162, and Faisal Elahi (96) extended their overnight ninth wicket partnership to 179 to help Bahawalpur declared at 484 for nine.
KARACHI WHITES (1st Innings) 184 (Ghulam Ali 60; Maqbool Hussain 5-52, Murtaza Hussain 5-80).
BAHAWALPUR (1st Innings, overnight 122-3):
Hammad Tariq b Arif 43
Mohammad Rashid c Saeed b Atif 9
Usman Tariq c Masroor b Atif 82
Bilal Khilji c Saif b Adnan 22
Maqbool Hussain c Hasan b Adnan 8
Rehan Rafiq not out 162
Inam-ul-Haq lbw b Adnan 3
Aamir Aziz b Adnan 5
Murtaza Hussain c A. Zeeshan b Arif 23
Faisal Elahi c A. Zeeshan b Tanvir 96
Tahir Maqsood not out 16
EXTRAS (B-6, LB-3, NB-6) 15
TOTAL (for nine dec, 143 overs) 484
FALL OF WKTS: 1-54, 2-60, 3-111, 4-163, 5-173, 6-176, 7-202, 8-241, 9-420.
BOWLING: Tanvir Ahmed 15-1-75-1; Imran Javed 2-2-0-0; Arif Mahmood 40-5-110-2; Atiq Maqbool 35-2-129-2; Ghulam Ali 2-0-6-0; Adnan Malik 36-6-103-4; Hasan Raza 9-1-43-0; Mohammad Masroor 4-1-9-0.
KARACHI WHITES (2nd Innings):
Ghulam Ali c Maqbool b Bilal 5
Saif Ashraf c Hammad b Faisal 61
Saeed bin Nasir lbw b Faisal 43
Hasan Raza c Inam b Usman 38
Mohammad Masroor c Aamir b Usman 66
Imran Javed lbw b Usman 15
Ahmed Zeeshan Malik not out 4
EXTRAS (B-6, LB-1) 7
TOTAL (for six wkts, 72 overs) 241
FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-80, 3-132, 4-192, 5-236, 6-241.
BOWLING (to-date): Tahir Maqsood 10-1-44-0; Bilal Khilji 3-2-3-1; Murtaza Hussain 19-0-73-0; Faisal Elahi 17-3-61-2; Maqbool Hussain 13-5-27-0; Usman Tariq 10-1-36-3.
