Quetta hold on for draw

Published January 22, 2007

RAWALPINDI, Jan 21: Quetta batted all day to deny Abbottabad victory in their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match at the KRL Stadium on Sunday.

Quetta were all out for 250 in their second innings shortly before stumps after being forced to follow-on, having been bowled out for 228 in the first essay while replying to Abbottabad’s 413.

Sabir Hussain followed his 92 in the first innings with 69 in the second. Pacers Sajid Shah and Nasir Jalil captured four wickets each.

Scoreboard

ABBOTTABAD (1st Innings) 413 (Wajid Ali 100 not out, Bilal Marwat 69).

QUETTA (1st Innings) 228 (Sabir Hussain 92; Dilawar Khan 5-42).QUETTA (2nd Innings, overnight 0-0):

Shoaib Khan b Riaz 31

Hameedullah b Nasir 3

Umar Javed lbw b Sajid 39

Sabir Hussain c Ahmed Said b Nasir 69

Shaukat Ali c Ahmed Said b Sajid 3

Naseer Khan c Riaz b Dilawar 37

Naseem Khan lbw b Sajid 12

Arun Lal b Sajid 4

Faisal Irfan c Ahmed Said b Nasir 24

Jalat Khan c Ahmed Said b Nasir 7

Gohar Faiz not out 1

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-6, W-4, NB-2) 20

TOTAL (all out, 89.5 overs) 250

FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-80, 3-82, 4-92, 5-160, 6-199, 7-209, 8-213, 9-224.

BOWLING: Sajid Shah 21-9-33-4 (1nb), 4w); Nasir Jalil 18.5-3-71-4; Dilawar Khan 28-4-89-1; Mohammad Siddique 11-3-31-0 (1nb); Adnan Raees 1-1-0-0; Riaz Kail 10-4-12-1.

RESULT: Match drawn.

UMPIRES: Rasheed Bhatti and Ahsan Raza.

MATCH REFEREE: Azhar Khan.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Azhar Hussain.—Agencies

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