LAHORE, April 12: Fine batting by lower-order batsmen Mohammad Hasnain and Rajesh Ramesh helped Karachi Harbour stage a good recovery to reach 326 in their first innings against Sialkot in the Pentangular Cup match at the Qadhafi Stadium on Wednesday.

Ramesh scored a 94-ball 73 while Hasnain hit 72 off 103 deliveries after Karachi Harbour slumped to 97 for five on the opening day of the four-day fixture.

The pair added 107 for the eighth wicket with Ramesh striking 12 fours and Hasanain 13.

Pacemen Kashif Dawood (5-80) and Asim Butt (4-48) shared the bowling honours.

By close of play, Sialkot were 43-2.

Scoreboard

KARACHI HARBOUR (1st Innings):

Asif Zakir lbw b Asim 5

Khalid Latif lbw b Asim 45

Afsar Nawaz lbw b Asim 2

Asim Kamal c Nadeem b Asim 10

Fawad Alam c Khalid b Kashif 37

Fahadullah Khan c Bilal b Kashif 6

Farhan Iqbal c Khalid b Kashif 32

Mohammad Hasnain c Majid b Nadeem 72

Rajesh Ramesh not out 73

Atif Maqbool c Majid b Kashif 18

Faraz Ahmed b Kashif 6

EXTRAS (B-10, LB-8, W-1, NB-1) 20

TOTAL (all out, 74.4 overs) 326

FALL OF WKTS: 1-27, 2-29, 3-62, 4-61, 5-97, 6-146, 7-176, 8-283, 9-314.

BOWLING: Tahir Mughal 19-1-109-0; Asim Butt 15-1-48-4; Kashif Dawood 20.4-2-80-5; Nadeem Javed 15-3-64-1 (1nb, 1w); Kamran Younis 5-2-7-0.

SIALKOT (1st Innings):

Hafiz Majid c Farhan b Faraz 14

Atiqur Rahman lbw Hasnain 2

Bilal Hussain not out 12

Mohammad Ayub not out 9

EXTRAS (LB-9, NB-2) 6

TOTAL (two wkts, 13 overs) 43

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-24.

BOWLING (to-date): Rajesh Ramesh 5-2-0-0; Mohammad Hasnain 6-1-10-1; Faraz Ahmad Khan 2-0-21-1 (2nb).