Rawalpindi concede lead

Published February 15, 2002

RAWALPINDI, Feb 14: Rawalpindi conceded an 87-run first innings lead Thursday but then did well to reduce Lahore Whites to 208 for nine at the close of third day’s play in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I match at Rawalpindi Stadium.

The home side, overnight 258 for seven, put on another 28 runs and were all out for 286 replying to Lahore Whites’ first innings 373. Paceman Wasim Khan picked up all the three wickets to fall and finished with five for 110.

Lahore Whites batsmen could not put up the kind of performance they had shown in the first innings and kept losing wickets with no worthwhile partnership. Faisal Mahmood top-scored with 58 while opener Kashif Siddique collected 36 runs.

Mohammad Zahid and Naeem Akhtar, spearheading the Rawalpindi attack, shared six wickets while Yasir Arafat, Babar Naeem and Shahid Javed took one each.

Scoreboard

LAHORE WHITES (1st Innings) 373 (Kashif Siddique 74, Rizwan Aslam 74, Adnan Usman 74; Yasir Arafat 4-112).

RAWALPINDI (1st Innings, overnight 258-7):

Arif Butt b Wasim 0

Babar Naeem b Tariq Mahmood 42

Shahid Javed c R. Arshad b Adnan 1

Naseer Ahmed c R. Arshad b Wasim 7

Naveed Ashraf c and b Asif 95

Shiraz Khalid c sub b Tariq Mahmood 54

Yasir Arafat c Asif b Tariq Mahmood 5

Naeem Akhtar not out 18

Nadeem Abbasi b Wasim 10

Mohammad Zahid b Wasim 2

Ayaz Akbar lbw b Wasim 0

EXTRAS (B-6, LB-14, W-7, NB-25) 52

TOTAL (all out, 80 overs) 286

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-1, 3-34, 4-107, 5-243, 6-248, 7-248, 8-276, 9-286.

BOWLING: Wasim Khan 26-2-110-5; Adnan Usman 11-3-38-1; Kamran Sajid 5.3-1-15-0; Mohammad Asif 22-4-46-1; Tariq Mahmood 11.3-1-40-3; Kashif Siddique 4-0-17-0.

LAHORE WHITES (2nd Innings):

Kashif Siddique b Zahid 36

Rizwan Aslam c Nadeem b Yasir 19

Tariq Rashid c Nadeem b Zahid 5

Tariq Mahmood c sub b Zahid 0

Kamran Akmal lbw b Naeem Akhtar 30

Faisal Mahmood c sub b Babar Naeem 58

Kamran Sajid c Nadeem b Naeem Akhtar 9

Adnan Usman b Naeem Akhtar 29

Rizwan Arshad c Naseer b Shahid 9

Mohammad Asif not out 1

Wasim Khan not out 0

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-2, W-1, NB-5) 12

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 68 overs) 208

FALL OF WKTS: 1-60, 2-64, 3-65, 4-66, 5-115, 6-129, 7-179, 8-207, 9-207.

BOWLING (to-date): Mohammad Zahid 13-3-28-3; Naeem Akhtar 16-4-47-3; Yasir Arafat 19-4-70-1; Shiraz Khalid 3-0-17-0; Babar Naeem 13-4-34-1; Shahid Javed 4-0-6-1.

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