Usman, Kamran flog Quetta bowling

Published January 7, 2007

LAHORE, Jan 6: Brilliant undefeated centuries by Usman Tariq and Kamran Hussain enabled Multan amass 372 for three in their first innings against Quetta on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League fixture at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Saturday.

Usman was batting on 152 with Kamran on 149 and their fourth-wicket partnership already worth 278.

Usman slammed 21 boundaries in his 274-ball knock while Kamran hit 24 fours off 170 balls.

Scoreboard

MULTAN (1st Innings):

Saeed Anwar c Hameed b Faisal 6

Usman Tariq not out 152

Azhar Shafiq c Shaukat b Faisal 4

Bilal Khilji run out 35

Kamran Hussain not out 149

EXTRAS (B-13, LB-5, W-2, NB-6) 26

TOTAL (for three wkts, 90 overs) 372

FALL OF WKTS: 1-15, 2-19, 3-94.

TO BAT: Kashif Naved, Mohammad Atiq, Abdur Rauf, Mohammad Irshad, Azharullah, Imranullah.

BOWLING (to-date): Faisal Irfan 19-7-63-2; Faiz Gohar 19-6-66-0 (2w); Arun Lal 15-4-50-0; Naseer Khan 19-2-78-0; Jalat Khan 16-0-83-0 (6nb); Shoaib Khan 2-0-14-0.

QUETTA: Hameedullah, Shoaib Khan, Naseem Khan, Sabir Hussain, Shaukat Ali, Jalat Khan, Naseer Khan, Manzoor Ahmed, Faisal Irfan, Arun Lal, Faiz Gohar.

UMPIRES: Siddique Khan and Raweed Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Anwar Khan.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Mohammad Akbar.

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