LAHORE, Jan 24: Fine batting by Fahad Iqbal, Sarfraz Ahmed and Akbar Rehman helped Karachi Harbour reach a commendable 282 for five against Lahore Shalimar on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League fixture at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Wednesday.

Karachi Harbour, who were put into bat, were struggling at 155 for five, before Fahad (71 off 187 balls, 10 fours) and wicket-keeper/batsman Sarfraz (69 off 105 balls, seven fours and one six) came to their rescue with an unbroken stand worth 127 runs so far.

Akbar had earlier hit 53 in an 89-ball knock including 10 boundaries while putting on 54 for the fourth-wicket with skipper Naumanullah. Akbar then added 55 for the next wicket with Fahad before he fell to paceman Jamshed Ahmed.

Jamshed also dismissed opener Ariz Kamal for 18 after fellow left-arm pacer Mohammad Khalil made the initial breakthrough by getting rid of Khalid Latif for five.

In fact, these two shared all wickets to fall. Jamshed has so far picked up three for 55 and Khalil took two for 53) while Lahore Shalimar skipper Salman Butt tried as many as seven bowlers.

Scoreboard

KARACHI HARBOUR (1st Innings):

Khalid Latif c Humayun b Khalil 5

Ariz Kamal lbw b Jamshed 18

Naumanullah lbw b Khalil 38

Fawwad Alam b Jamshed 7

Akbar Rehman c Aamir b Jamshed 53

Fahad Iqbal not out 71

Sarfraz Ahmed not out 69

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-17, NB-3) 21

TOTAL (for five wkts, 87 overs) 282

FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-34, 3-46, 4-100, 5-155.

TO BAT: Atif Maqbool, Anwar Ali Khan, Faraz Ahmed, Uzair-ul-Haq.

BOWLING (to-date): Mohammad Khalil 20-4-53-2; Junaid Zia 13-1-59-0; Jamshed Ahmed 23-1-55-3 (2nb); Arsalan Mir 10-4-27-0 (1nb); Usman Malik 13-2-33-0; Ahmed Shahzad 2-010-0; Salman Butt 6-0-26-0.

LAHORE SHALIMAR: Salman Butt, Ashraf Ali, Khaqan Arsal, Ahmed Shahzad, Aamir Sajjad, Arsalan Mir, Humayun Farhat, Junaid Zia, Usman Malik, Mohammad Khalil, Jamshed Ahmed.

UMPIRES: Iqbal Butt and Kaukab Butt.

MATCH REFEREE: Saadat Ali.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Azhar Hussain.