Hyderabad in driving seat

Published January 9, 2007

KARACHI, Jan 8: Lahore Ravi were struggling for survival after conceding a first-innings lead of 92 runs to hosts Hyderabad on the third day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League fixture at the Niaz Stadium on Monday.

At close of play, the visitors were precariously placed at 188 for eight in their second innings with only Adnan Akmal holding firm on a defiant 52 not out.

The visitors lead by only 96 runs with just two wickets standing going into Tuesday’s final day.

Scoreboard

LAHORE RAVI (1st Innings) 265 (Kashif Siddique 102, Adnan Raza 54).

HYDERABAD (1st Innings, overnight 308-5):

Faisal Athar c Rashid b Wasim 6

Ghulam Murtaza c Ali Azmat b Imran 9

Hanif-ur-Rehman b Ali Azmat 26

Hanif Malik c Adnan Akmal b Wahab 74

Rizwan Ahmed c Rashid b Ali Azmat 102

Shahid Qambrani run out 85

Taj Mohammad lbw b Imran 17

Nauman Ali b Wasim 2

Nasir Awais st Adnan b Osama 16

Farhan Ayub c Adnan b Wahab 5

Naeem-ur-Rehman not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-1, LB-4, W-1, NB-9) 15

TOTAL (all out, 123.1 overs) 357

FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-22, 3-195, 4-230, 5-250, 6-309, 7-314, 8-340, 9-357

BOWLING: Wasim Khan 31-7-79-2 (1nb, 1w); Wahab Riaz 22-4-68-2 (5nb); Imran Ali 26-5-72-2 (2nb); Osama Aftab 16.1-2-50-1; Ali Azmat 20-4-59-2; Kashif Siddique 6-1-14-0 (1nb); Adnan Raza 2-0-10-0.

LAHORE RAVI (2nd Innings):

Rizwan Ahmed lbw b Naeem 1

Nasir Jamshed c Shahid b Farhan 1

Rashid Riaz c Rizwan b Naeem 0

Ali Azmat c Hanif Malik b Nasir 56

Adnan Raza c Hanif-ur-Rehman b Nasir 30

Kashif Siddique c Shahid b Farhan 3

Adnan Akmal not out 52

Wasim Khan run out 9

Wahab Riaz c Faisal b Rizwan 12

Osama Aftab not out 2

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-4, W-6, NB-7) 22

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 66 overs) 188

FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-6, 3-9, 4-9, 5-99, 6-110, 7-137, 8-171.

BOWLING (to-date): Naeem-ur-Rehman 11-0-31-2 (1nb, 1w); Farhan Ayub 9-2-27-2 (1w); Nauman Ali 15-2-48-0; Nasir Awais 20-6-37-2 (4nb); Rizwan Ahmed 11-3-36-1.

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