Faisalabad fight back

Published February 9, 2002

KARACHI, Feb 8: Zahoor Elahi spearheaded a splendid Faisalabad fight back on the second day of the Quaid Trophy Grade-I match against Bahawalpur at Bahawalpur Stadium Friday.

According to details available here, the former Test star first claimed a career-best four for 45 as Bahawalpur were restricted to 264 in their first innings in reply to Faisalabad’s 204.

Zahoor, who hit 57 in the first innings, then stroked an unbeaten 54 as Faisalabad reached 92 without in their second knock.

Bahawalpur’s 21-year-old left-handed opener Hammad Tariq also had a memorable day as he made a career-best 138, his third first-class century.

Scoreboard

FAISALABAD (1st Innings) 204 (Zahoor Elahi 57, Mohammad Zahid 5-65, Murtaza Hussain 5-67).

BAHAWALPUR (1st Innings, overnight 46-0):

Hammad Tariq c Nadeem b Zahoor 138

Asif Iqbal c Fida b Ijaz Jr 25

Usman Tariq c Sarfraz b Aqeel 18

Sajjad Akhtar c Sohail b Zahoor 0

Bilal Khilji b Aqeel 7

Rehan Rafiq c Zahoor b Aqeel 0

Murtaza Hussain lbw b Aqeel 4

Faisal Elahi c Zaman b Zahoor 3

Mohammad Zahid not out 51

Maqbool Hussain c Sohail b Zahoor 2

Tahir Maqsood b Ijaz Jr 5

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-1, NB-5) 11

TOTAL (all out, 82.3 overs) 264

FALL OF WKTS: 1-99, 2-160, 3-167, 4-176, 5-176, 6-186, 7-189, 8-232, 9-238.

BOWLING: Nadeem Afzal 2-0-10-0; Sarfraz Butt 2-0-9-0; Aqeel Ahmed 34-5-131-4; Farooq Iqbal 10-2-28-0; Ijaz Ahmed Jr 15.3-3-35-2; Zahoor Elahi 19-5-45-4.

FAISALABAD (2nd Innings):

Mohammad Ramzan not out 33

Zahoor Elahi not out 54

EXTRAS (B-2, NB-3) 5

TOTAL (for no wkt, 26 overs) 92

BOWLING (to-date): Tahir Maqsood 7-0-28-0; Bilal Khilji 1-0-10-0; Mohammad Zahid 4-0-18-0; Murtaza Hussain 8-0-20-0; Maqbool Hussain 3-1-4-0; Usman Tariq 2-0-6-0; Faisal Elahi 1-0-4-0.

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