Rawalpindi facing defeat

Published February 10, 2002

KARACHI, Feb 9: Rawalpindi were facing defeat after losing second innings wickets after conceding a massive 194-run lead to hosts Sheikhupura on the third day of the Quaid Trophy Grade-I match at Sheikhupura Stadium Saturday.

Rawalpindi still need three runs to avoid an innings defeat after reaching 191 for six at stumps.

Earlier, Sheikhupura carried their first innings total to 429 all out having resumed at 312 for five.

Scoreboard

RAWALPINDI (1st Innings) 235 (Mohammad Wasim 77,

Naveed Ashraf 56; 5-78).

SHEIKHUPURA (1st Innings, overnight 312-5):

Imran Nazir c Salman b Naeem 15

Mohammad Azam c Salman b Azhar 52

Qaiser Abbas b Yasir 37

Mohammad Haroon lbw b Jawwad 17

Saleem Mughal c Naeem b Yasir 74

Maqsood Raza lbw b Yasir 64

Sarfraz Kazmi c sub b Yasir 28

Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan not out 58

Jaffar Nazir run out 7

Faisal Virk c Wasim b Jawwad 6

Mohammad Asif lbw b Jawwad 8

EXTRAS (B-12, LB-21, W-7, NB-23) 63

TOTAL (all out, 112 overs) 429

FALL OF WKTS: 1-24, 2-93, 3-135, 4-187, 5-276, 6-337, 7-358, 8-387, 9-408.

BOWLING: Yasir Arafat 23-1-107-4; Naeem Akhtar 24-3-64-1; Azhar Bhatti 30-2-115-1; Jawwad Hameed 29-6-91-3; Mohammad Wasim 6-0-19-0.

RAWALPINDI (2nd Innings):

Arif Butt lbw b Qaiser 64

Hasham Iqbal b Jaffar 7

Mohammad Saleem lbw b Qaiser 27

Naveed Ashraf c Sarfraz b Haroon 3

Mohammad Wasim c Sarfraz b Imran 26

Yasir Arafat not out 28

Jawwad Hameed c Azam b Imran 0

Babar Naeem not out 10

EXTRAS (B-10, LB-7, W-1, NB-8) 26

TOTAL (for six wkts, 65 overs) 191

FALL OF WKTS: 1-60, 2-112, 3-118, 4-150, 5-164, 6-173.

BOWLING (to-date): Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 5-1-19-0; Jaffar Nazir 9-1-31-1; Faisal Virk 8-5-8-0; Mohammad Asif 5-1-15-0; Mohammad Haroon 12-2-31-1; Qaiser Abbas 18-7-34-2; Imran Nazir 8-1-36-2.

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