Quetta on top against Hyderabad

Published February 3, 2007

KARACHI, Feb 2: Quetta were well placed to score their first victory in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League competition after hosts Hyderabad conceded a first-innings lead of 97 runs at the Niaz Stadium on Friday.

The visitors made 290 in reply to Hyderabad’s modest total of 193 thanks to a career-best 105 by their left-handed opener Shoaib Khan after starting the day at 90 for four.

Shoaib’s second century at this level included six fours and one six. Arun Lal batted well to make 52 and put on 97 for the fifth-wicket with Shoaib. There also contributions from Naseer Khan (42) and skipper Faisal Irfan (35).

Left-arm paceman Farhan Ayub was easily pick of Hyderabad’s bowling with figures of six for 76.

Hyderabad were 37 for one in their second innings at stumps.

Scoreboard

HYDERABAD (1st Innings) 193 (Hanif Malik 90; Zahoor Ahmed 4-39).

QUETTA (1st Innings, overnight 91-4):

Shoaib Khan c Zulfiqar b Farhan 105

Sabir Hussain b Farhan 1

Umar Javed b Farhan 0

Manzoor Ahmed lbw b Farhan 11

Abdul Hameed b Shariq 10

Arun Lal lbw b Nasir 52

Naseer Khan c Hanif-ur-Rehman b Faisal 42

Faisal Irfan c Zulfiqar b Farhan 35

Shahzad Tareen lbw b Farhan 0

Jalat Khan lbw b Nauman 11

Zahoor Ahmed not out 0

EXTRAS (B-9, LB-4, W-6, NB-4) 23

TOTAL (all out, 109.2 overs) 290

FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-13, 3-30, 4-57, 5-154, 6-221, 7-261, 8-271, 9-286

BOWLING: Farhan Ayub 28-12-76-6; Agha Shariq 12-1-38-1 (5w); Faisal Athar 8.2-0-21-1 (1nb); Nasir Awais 27-2-61-1 (2nb); Pir Zulfiqar 14-5-29-0; Shahid Qambrani 4.4-0-19-0l Nauman Ali 4.2-0-18-1 (1nb); Rizwan Ahmed 7-0-15-0.

HYDERABAD (2nd Innings):

Faisal Athar not out 23

Ghulam Murtaza c Shoaib b Zahoor 0

Pir Zulfiqar not out 14

EXTRAS 0

TOTAL (for one wkt, 13 overs) 37

FALL OF WKT: 1-6.

BOWLING (to-date): Faisal Irfan 5-2-11-0; Zahoor Ahmed 5-0-17-1; Arun Lal 2-0-8-0; Naseer Khan 1-0-1-0.

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