20 wickets tumble in Multan tie

Published April 6, 2006

LAHORE, April 5: Gutsy batting by Agha Sabir and Abdur Rauf helped PIA secure a 77-run lead on first innings against Karachi Harbour on an eventful first day of the Pentangular Cup match the Multan Cricket Stadium on Wednesday.

Agha Sabir scored a fighting 66 and added 96 for the eighth-wicket with Rauf (32) which lifted PIA to 172 in response to Karachi Harbour's total of 95.

Scoreboard

KARACHI HARBOUR (1st Innings):

Asif Zakir c Rauf b Fazle 13

Khalid Latif c Rauf b Najaf 9

Fahadullah c Bazid b Janisar 8

Fawad Alam c Agha Sabir b Najaf 1

Asim Kamal b Fazle 26

Afsar Nawaz c Bazid b Najaf 6

Farhan Iqbal lbw b Kamran 8

Mohammad Hasnain not out 17

Atif Maqbool c Mahmood b Fazle 0

Malik Aftab c Fazle b Tahir 4

Faraz Ahmed run out 0

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-2) 3

TOTAL (all out, 43.1 overs) 95

FALL OF WKTS: 1-23, 2-23, 3-26, 4-32, 5-51, 6-72, 7-74, 8-79, 9-93.

BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 14-5-38-3 (1w); Najaf Shah 17.1-4-40-3; Janisar Khan 8-2-20-1 (1w); Kamran Sajid 3-1-24-1; Tahir Khan 1-0-2-1.

PIA (1st Innings):

Yasir Hameed c Fahad b Faraz 11

Kamran Sajid c Afsar b Faraz 14

Janisar Khan lbw b Hasnain 1

Bazid Khan b Hasnain 0

Asif Mujtaba c Asif b Hasnain 0

Mahmood Hamid lbw b Faraz 2

Agha Sabir c Fahad b Hasnain 66

Tahir Khan b Faraz 16

Abdur Rauf c Farhan b Hasnain 32

Najaf Shah not out 7

Fazle Akbar c Fahad b Faraz 1

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-4, W-6, NB-11) 22

TOTAL (all out, 40.1 overs) 172

FALL OF WKTS: 1-29, 2-30, 3-30, 4-31, 5-33, 6-34, 7-51, 8-147, 9-166.

BOWLING: Malik Aftab 12-3-36-0 (1w); Mohammad Hasnain 14-3-51-5 (4nb, 2w); Faraz Ahmed 9.1-0-48-5 (7nb); Khalid Latif 1-0-11-0; Atif Maqbool 1-0-11-0; Fahadullah 3-0-10-0 (3w).

KARACHI HARBOUR (2nd Innings):

Asif Zakir not out 0

Khalid Latif not out 5

EXTRAS 0

TOTAL (for no wkt, 2.2 overs) 5

BOWLING (to-date): Fazle Akbar 1.2-1-0-0; Najaf Shah 1-0-5-0.

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