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KARACHI, Jan 20: Karachi Harbour were closing in on their first victory in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League competition after they reducing hosts Peshawar to 170 for six in the second innings on Saturday.
Facing a first-innings deficit of 78 after Karachi Harbour made 211, Peshawar found themselves just 92 runs in front at stumps at the Arbab Niaz Stadium on the third day of the match with all specialist batsmen dismissed.
Once it was Uzair-ul-Haq who created problems for the home team. The young paceman, who claimed four for 37 in the first innings, took four for 26.
Uzair was also responsible for breaking a threatening opening stand when he got rid of Mohammad Fayyaz for 31. Later he captured the prized scalp of in-form Wajahatullah Wasti for 12.
Earlier, Fazle Akbar (4-57) and Riaz Afridi (5-67) shared bowling honours as Karachi Harbour added 62 to their overnight tally of 149 for four.
Scoreboard
PESHAWAR (1st Innings) 133 (Wajahatullah Wasti 68; Uzair-ul-Haq 4-37).
KARACHI HARBOUR (1st Innings, overnight 149-4):
Khalid Latif b Riaz 39
Shadab Kabir c Aftab b Fazle 4
Naumanullah b Riaz 80
Akbar Rehman c Zulfiqar b Riaz 18
Fahad Iqbal c Fayyaz b Riaz 1
Atif Maqbool c Zulfiqar b Fazle 16
Fawwad Alam c Zulfiqar b Fazle 1
Sarfraz Ahmed c Zulfiqar b Fazle 4
Anwar Ali Khan not out 31
Faraz Ahmed lbw b Fayyaz 12
Uzair-ul-Haq c Wajahat b Riaz 0
EXTRAS (LB-4, NB-1) 5
TOTAL (all out, 79.5 overs) 211
FALL OF WKTS: 1-15, 2-124, 3-125, 4-133, 5-150, 6-154, 7-164, 8-168, 9-206.
BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 20-5-57-4 (1nb); Waqar Ahmed 15-7-50-0; Riaz Afridi 32.5-12-67-5; Arshad Khan 5-1-7-0; Janisar Khan 5-0-19-0; Mohammad Fayyaz 2-0-7-1.
PESHAWAR (2nd Innings):
Mohammad Fayyaz b Uzair 31
Aftab Khan c Nauman b Anwar 46
Riffatullah Mohmand c Sarfraz b Anwar 8
Shoaib Khan c Sarfraz b Uzair 9
Wajahatullah Wasti b Uzair 12
Janisar Khan c Sarfraz b Uzair 33
Zulfiqar Jan not out 16
Arshad Khan not out 0
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, NB-8) 15
TOTAL (for six wkts, 55.2 overs) 170
FALL OF WKS: 1-63, 2-96, 3-101, 4-113, 5-130, 6-170.
BOWLING (to-date): Anwar Ali Khan 15-3-43-2; Faraz Ahmed 14-3-42-0; Atif Maqbool 12.2-1-52-0 (7nb); Uzair-ul-Haq 14-4-26-4 (1nb).
