Karachi Harbour have champions reeling

Published February 15, 2007

KARACHI, Feb 14: Karachi Harbour enjoyed a great second day in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match when they had defending champions Sialkot in all sorts of trouble at the National Stadium here on Wednesday.

After a career-best 59 by tail-ender Anwar Ali Khan enabled his side reach 293 in their first innings, it was the turn of Karachi Harbour’s bowlers to have Sialkot struggling to 154 for seven at stumps.

Sialkot’s misery was further complicated by a serious injury to Shahid Yousuf, who is unlikely to take further part in the game after his right foot was put in a plaster.

Shahid has a hairline fracture in his right foot ankle after suffering a freak injury while playing football with team-mate Sarfraz Ahmed.

The diminutive batsman was agony when a delivery from paceman Anwar Ali struck bang on the same area in the first over of the innings after opener Atiq-ur-Rehman was dismissed for a second-ball duck.

Fellow pacers Faraz Ahmed and Uzair-ul-Haq kept Sialkot under pressure as they claimed five wickets between them.

Earlier, Anwar had excelled with the bat as he and Faraz put on 63 for the ninth wicket. Anwar’s 133-ball contained seven fours and one six.

Scoreboard

KARACHI HARBOUR (1st Innings, overnight 235-8):

Khalid Latif b Kashif 22

Wajihuddin lbw b Tariq 47

Naumanullah b Mansoor 44

Ariz Kamal lbw b Tariq 3

Fawwad Alam c Tahir b Tariq 0

Sarfraz Ahmed c Khalid b Sarfraz 70

Ijaz Ahmed run out 3

Anwar Ali Khan c Shahid b Tahir 59

Atif Maqbool b Kashif 16

Faraz Ahmed c Khalid b Mansoor 16

Uzair-ul-Haq not out 0

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-9, NB-2) 13

TOTAL (all out, 112.2 overs) 293

FALL OF WKTS: 1-64, 2-78, 3-81, 4-87, 5-148, 6-172, 7-202, 8-230, 9-293.

BOWLING: Kashif Raza 19-4-39-2; Tahir Mughal 15-7-31-0; Sarfraz Ahmed 24-6-57-1 (2nb); Mansoor Amjad 28.2-3-81-2; Tariq Mahmood 26-4-74-3.

SIALKOT (1st Innings):

Atiq-ur-Rehman lbw b Anwar 0

Hafiz Majid Jahangir b Faraz 27

Shahid Yousuf retired hurt 0

Mansoor Amjad b Uzair 21

Ayub Dogar lbw b Faraz 30

Tahir Mughal c Ariz b Uzair 0

Tariq Mahmood not out 26

Ijaz Ahmed Sr lbw b Faraz 13

Hafiz Khalid b Atif 12

Kashif Raza not out 5

EXTRAS (B-7, LB-2, W-2, NB-9) 20

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 66 overs) 154

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-47, 3-63, 4-63, 5-106, 6-126, 7-145.

TO BAT: Sarfraz Ahmed.

BOWLING (to-date): Anwar Ali Khan 8-4-25-1 (4nb); Faraz Ahmed 18-3-54-3 (4nb, 1w); Uzair-ul-Haq 13-4-18-2 (1nb, 1w); Atif Maqbool 24-13-41-1; Ijaz Ahmed 1-0-5-0; Fawwad Alam 2-1-2-0.

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