Bowlers shine on first day

Published February 8, 2002

KARACHI, Feb 7: Bowlers dominated the opening day of the Quaid Trophy Grade-I fixture between Gujranwala and Rest of Sindh at Country Club Ground in Muridke Thursday.

As many as 17 wickets fell at the newest first-class centre with Gujranwala in driving seat, according to details available.

Mubashir Nazir, Gujranwala’s skipper, and Sarfraz Ahmed shared all 10 wickets between evenly as Sindh crashed to 56 all out in 26.5 overs after the home team elected to bowl first.

Medium-pacer Ali Raza then took four wickets as Gujranwala reached 89 for seven.

Scoreboard

REST OF SINDH (1st Innings):

Adnan Ameer c Ehtesham b Mubashir 14

Hanif-ur-Rehman lbw b Sarfraz 5

Feroz Khaskheli c Tariq b Sarfraz 6

S. Qambrani c Ehtesham b Mubashir 15

Aurangzeb Khan c Ehtesham b Sarfraz 0

Nasrullah Memon c Khalid b Mubashir 3

Abdul Rahim c Ehtesham b Sarfraz 0

Rizwan Qureshi c Khalid b Mubashir 4

Ali Raza c A. Rehman b Sarfraz 2

Naeem Ghauri not out 0

Kashif Pervez b Mubashir 0

EXTRAS (LB-5, NB-2) 7

TOTAL (all out, 26.2 overs) 56

FALL OF WKTS: 1-25, 2-25, 3-46, 4-46, 5-48, 6-48, 7-51, 8-56, 9-56.

BOWLING: Mubashir Nazir 13.2-4-27-5; Sarfraz Ahmed 13-3-24-5.

GUJRANWALA (1st Innings):

Kamran Younis c Rizwan b Kashif 1

Ehtesham Younis b Ali Raza 0

Asim Munir lbw b Kashif 17

Imran Abbas lbw b Ali Raza 2

Rizwan Malik c Aurangzeb b Ali Raza 8

Tariq Javed c Nasrullah b Ali Raza 5

Abdul Rehman not out 23

Hafiz Khalid b Kashif 15

Mubashir Nazir not out 2

EXTRAS (B-6, LB-3, NB-7) 16

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 25 overs) 89

FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-3, 3-7, 4-39, 5-41, 6-48, 7-75.

BOWLING (to-date): Ali Raza 13-0-33-4; Kashif Pervez 12-0-47-3.

UMPIRES: Feroz Butt and Ehtesham-ul-Haq.

MATCH REFEREE: Azhar Khan.

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