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ISLAMABAD, Jan 12: Former Test all-rounder Azhar Mahmood showed form with a five-wicket haul as Islamabad gained upper hand against Quetta on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match at the Diamond Cricket Ground on Friday.
Azhar, overlooked from Pakistan’s list of 30 for the World Cup, captured 5-45 with his medium-pacers as Quetta, deciding to bat after winning the toss, were shot out for 161 in 41.1 overs.
Islamabad then finished the day on 185-3 in 34.3 overs to gain a 24-run lead on the first innings.
With the sole exception of Shoaib Khan, who hit 86 with 15 fours, no other Quetta batsman managed to get going.
For Islamabad, Atif Ashraf top-scored with 76 with 13 hits to the fence while Afaq Rahim made 47.
Scoreboard
QUETTA (1st Innings):
Shoaib Khan b Azhar 86
Hameedullah b Rao Iftikhar 8
Shaukat Ali c Naeem b Azhar 0
Naseem Khan c Imad b Azhar 19
Sabir Hussain c Ashar b Fakhir 6
Manzoor Ahmed lbw b Rao Iftikhar 16
Jalat Khan lbw b Azhar 0
Faisal Irfan c Rao Iftikhar b Bilal 10
Naseer Khan c and b Azhar 3
Yasir Majeed lbw b Bilal 0
Faiz Gohar not out 0
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-1, NB-10) 13
TOTAL (all out, 41.1 overs) 161
FALL OF WKTS: 1-35, 2-36, 3-72, 4-100, 5-146, 6-147, 7-156, 8-161, 9-161.
BOWLING: Rao Iftikhar 14-3-40-2; Azhar Mahmood 14.1-0-45-5 (3nb); Fakhir Hussain 5-0-30-1 (5nb, 1w); Zohaib Ahmed 2-0-12-0; Bilal Asad 2-1-2-2.
ISLAMABAD (1st Innings):
Afaq Raheem lbw b Naseer 47
Atif Ashraf c Faisal b Jalat 76
Bilal Asad c Jalat b Naseer 24
Ashar Zaidi not out 12
Imad Wasim not out 4
EXTRAS (B-13, NB-9) 22
TOTAL (for three wkts, 34.3 overs) 185
FALL OF WKTS: 1-134, 2-140, 3-176.
TO BAT: Mohammad Altaf, Azhar Mahmood, Rao Iftikhar, Naeem Anjum, Zohaib Ahmed, Fakhir Hussain.
BOWLING (to-date): Faisal Irfan 8-1-38-0; Faiz Gohar 7-0-41-0 (3nb); Yasir Majeed 5-0-28-0 (2nb); Naseer Khan 7.2-0-40-2; Jalat Khan 7-0-24-1 (4nb)
UMPIRES: Zameer Haider and Ahsan Raza.
MATCH REFEREE: Khalid Niazi.
OFFICIAL SCORER: Adnan Farooq.—Agencies
