KARACHI, Feb 1: A defiant 90 by Hanif Malik saved Hyderabad from total disaster against Quetta in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League game at the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad on Thursday.

The wicket-keeper/batsman struck 11 fours and one six and faced 148 balls in a stay of 184 minutes to help Hyderabad make 193 in their first innings after being 74 for six at one stage. Hanif was last out.

Debutant left-arm pacer Zahoor Ahmed claimed four for 39.

Quetta, in reply, ended the first day at 91 for four with left-arm paceman Farhan Ayub continuing his good form by picking three wickets for 31 runs.

Scoreboard

HYDERABAD (1st Innings):

Faisal Athar lbw b Zahoor 8

Ghulam Murtaza b Faisal 5

Hanif-ur-Rehman c Umar b Zahoor 13

Rizwan Ahmed c Manzoor b Faisal 8

Shahid Qambrani c Sabir b Zahoor 13

Hanif Malik c Naseer b Arun Lal 90

Nauman Ali c Shoaib b Faisal 5

Pir Zulfiqar b Zahoor 10

Farhan Ayub c and b Jalat 9

Nasir Awais lbw b Jalat 0

Agha Shariq not out 3

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-7, W-7, NB-11) 29

TOTAL (all out, 58.1 overs) 193

FALL OF WKTS: 1-22, 2-30, 3-40, 4-58, 5-65, 6-74, 7-123, 8-165, 9-165.

BOWLING: Faisal Irfan 14-7-36-3 (1w); Arun Lal 13.1-2-47-1 (5nb, 2w); Zahoor Ahmed 14-3-39-4; Naseer Khan 10-0-34-0 (2nb); Jalat Khan 7-0-26-2 (2nb).

QUETTA (1st Innings):

Shoaib Khan not out 47

Sabir Hussain b Farhan 1

Umar Javed b Farhan 0

Manzoor Ahmed lbw b Farhan 11

Abdul Hameed b Shariq 10

Arun Lal not out 12

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-2, W-5, NB-1) 10

TOTAL (for four wkts, 31 overs) 91

FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-13, 3-30, 4-57.

TO BAT: Shahzad Tareen, Faisal Irfan, Jalat Khan, Naseer Khan, Zahoor Ahmed.

BOWLING (to-date): Farhan Ayub 11-6-31-3; Agha Shariq 8-0-23-1 (4w); Faisal Athar 1-0-2-0; Nasir Awais 7-0-18-0 (1nb); Pir Zulfiqar 3-1-9-0; Shahid Qambrani 1-0-4-0.

UMPIRES: Afzaal Ahmed and Islam Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Taslim Arif.

OFFICIAL: Arif Majeed Arif.