Hyderabad make bright start

Published January 13, 2007

KARACHI, Jan 12: An unfinished century partnership between Rizwan Ahmed and Shahid Qambrani guided hosts Hyderabad to 282 for three against Abbottabad on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League fixture at the Niaz Stadium on Friday.

Rizwan (91 off 193 balls, seven fours) and Shahid (71 off 110 balls, eight fours and two sixes) have so far put on 115 after Hyderabad skipper Faisal Athar won the toss and chose to bat first.

Rizwan was also involved in a third-wicket stand worth 107 with Faisal, who made 47.

Scoreboard

HYDERABAD (1st Innings):

Aqeel Anjum c Bilal b Amjad 25

Hanif-ur-Rehman c Zafar b Dilawar 26

Faisal Athar c Amjad b Riaz 47

Rizwan Ahmed not out 91

Shahid Qambrani not out 71

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-9, W-2, NB-6) 22

TOTAL (for three wkts, 92 overs) 282

FALL OF WKTS: 1-46, 2-60, 3-167.

TO BAT: Taj Mohammad Wassan, Hanif Malik, Nauman Ali, Nasir Awais, Sufyan Ali, Naeem-ur-Rehman.

BOWLING (to-date): Nasir Jalil 17-8-26-1 (1nb, 1w); Sajid Shah 17-3-51-0 (4nb); Dilawar Khan 23-2-83-1 (1nb); Amjad Waqas 25-6-71-1; Riaz Kail 4-0-19-1; Adnan Raees 4-2-13-0; Bilal Marwat 2-0-5-0.

ABBOTTABAD: Ahmed Said, Mohammad Naeem, Sajid Rasheed, Bilal Marwat, Zafar Jadoon, Riaz Kail, Adnan Raees, Sajid Shah, Nasir Jalil, Amjad Waqas, Dilawar Khan.

UMPIRES: Salim Badar and Afzaal Ahmed.

MATCH REFEREE: Naeem Ahmed.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Arif Majeed Arif.

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