Pacers wreck LR’s hopes

Published February 2, 2007

LAHORE, Feb 1: Abbottabad’s pace trio of Sajid Shah, Nasir Jalil and Junaid Khan combined to bundle out Lahore Ravi for 162 on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League fixture at the LCCA Ground on Thursday.

Abbottabad, who have an outside chance of reaching next week’s final against Islamabad, closed at 89 for one in reply.

Lahore Ravi, beaten in three of for previous matches, made a partial recovery after being 24 for five.

Junaid bowled most economically taking three wickets for 33 while Sajid (3-48) and Nasir Jalil (3-63) were also effective.

Former Test opener Taufiq Umar, recalled to lead the side in place of Kashif Siddique, made just two. It was left to tail-ender Wasim Khan (62 not out with eight fours and one six) to add some respectability to the total.

Scoreboard

LAHORE RAVI (1st Innings):

Rizwan Aslam b Nasir 5

Taufiq Umar b Nasir 2

Rizwan Malik lbw Sajid 1

Kashif Siddique c Adnan b Sajid 0

Adnan Raza st Ahmed b Riaz 23

Adnan Akmal c Sajid b Nasir 12

Ali Azmat c Wajid b Junaid 24

Osama Aftab c Wajid b Sajid 17

Wasim Khan c Naseem b Junaid 62

Wahab Riaz b Junaid 9

Imran Ali not out 1

EXTRAS (LB-2, NB-4) 6

TOTAL (all out, 55.3 overs) 162

FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-9, 5-24, 6-67, 7-78, 8-108, 9-151.

BOWLING: Sajid Shah 16-6-48-3 (4nb); Nasir Jalil 18-4-63-3; Junaid Khan 11.3-3-33-3; Riaz Kail 6-1-14-1; Bilal Marwat 1-0-1-0; Amjad Waqas 3-2-1-0.

ABBOTTABAD (1st Innings):

Ahmed Sajid c sub (Nasir) b Kashif 44

Mohammad Naeem not out 30

Wajid Ali not out 5

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-1, NB-7) 10

TOTAL (for one wkt, 35.2 overs) 89

FALL OF WKT: 1-78.

TO BAT: Adnan Raees, Bilal Marwat, Riaz Kail, Hammed Ali, Sajid Shah, Amjad Waqas, Junaid Khan, Nasir Jalil.

BOWLING (to-date): Wasim Khan 11.2-3-31-0 (6nb); Wahab Riaz 8-3-14-0 (1nb); Imran Ali 9-4-15-0; Osama Aftab 3-0-20-0; Kashif Siddique 4-3-6-1.

UMPIRES: Shakeel Khan and Zaheer Ahmed.

MATCH REFEREE: Azhar Khan.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Abdul Hameed.

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