Islamabad in command

Published February 14, 2002

KARACHI, Feb 13: Islamabad, struggling for most of the season, were unexpectedly in a strong position on the second day of their Quaid Trophy Grade-I match against Sheikhupura at Sheikhupura Stadium Wednesday.

Scoreboard

ISLAMABAD (1st Innings, overnight 248-7):

Iftikhar Hussain b Jaffar 9

Raheel Majeed b Jaffar 11

Bilal Asad b R. Naveed 109

Atif Ashraf lbw b Jaffar 68

Rashid A. Butt c Maqsood b R. Naveed 14

Azhar Mahmood c Sarfraz b R. Naveed 31

Ishtiaq Rabbani b R. Naveed 3

Irfan Bhatti c Yasir b R. Naveed 12

Rao Iftikhar c Sarfraz b Jaffar 55

Saad Janjua b R. Naveed 4

Raja M. Kashif not out 0

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-13, W-5, NB-14) 36

TOTAL (all out, 107.3 overs) 342

FALL OF WKTS: 1-19, 2-42, 3-126, 4-203, 5-211, 6-223, 7-227, 8-332, 9-338.

BOWLING: Jaffar Nazir 27-1-92-4; Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 33.3-4-102-6; Faisal Virk 14-6-31-0; Yasir Bashir 16-1-58-0; Qaiser Abbas 12-4-24-0; Imran Nazir 5-1-18-0.

SHEIKHUPURA (1st Innings):

Mohammad Azam not out 58

Yasir Bashir c Kashif b Azhar 0

Qaiser Abbas c Rashid b Azhar 49

Saleem Mughal c Kashif b Azhar 4

Naseem Abbas c Kashif b Saad 0

Imran Nazir b Raheel 35

Maqsood Raza b Raheel 21

Faisal Virk not out 9

EXTRAS (B-10, LB-2, W-1, NB-10) 23

TOTAL (for six wkts, 48 overs) 199

FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-70, 3-78, 4-87, 5-153, 6-185.

TO BAT: Sarfraz Kazmi, Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan, Jaffar Nazir.

BOWLING (to-date): Azhar Mahmood 16-4-51-3; Rao Iftikhar 9-0-39-0; Saad Janjua 9-0-47-1; Iftikhar Hussain 6-4-3-0; Raheel Majeed 8-1-47-2.

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