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KARACHI, Feb 21: Former Test batsman Mohammad Ramzan saved Faisalabad from a certain defeat by stroking an unbeaten 100 in their Quaid Trophy Grade-I tie against Gujranwala at Jinnah Stadium in Gujranwala Thursday.
Faisalabad, who resumed at 38 for two in their second innings after being asked to follow-on, were heading for the inevitable when they crashed to 173 for six.
But Ramzan, who faced 153 balls in a stay of 161 minutes, held up Gujranwala’s victory charge in the unbroken seventh-wicket partnership of 110 in 126 minutes Yasir Mushtaq (13 off 88 balls).
Faisalabad were 283 for six when the match ended with Gujranwala taking three points for their first innings lead of 310.
GUJRANWALA (1st Innings) 491-8 dec (Imran Abbas 165, Asim Munir 131, Rizwan Malik 61).
FAISALABAD (1st Innings) 181 (Yasir Mushtaq 50 not out; Adnan Farooq 4-47, Abdul Rehman 4-71).
FAISALABAD (2nd Innings, overnight 38-2):
Asif Hussain c Asim b Kamran 62
Mohammad Salman c Kamran b Mubashir 0
Sami-ul-Haq b Adnan 0
Mohammad Maqsood c Kamran b Ehtesham 33
Zahoor Elahi b Kamran 54
Mohammad Ramzan not out 100
Sohail Nazir c Kamran b Ehtesham 0
Yasir Mushtaq not out 13
EXTRAS (B-10, LB-7, NB-4) 21
TOTAL (for six wkts, 98.1 overs) 283
FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-19, 3-95, 4-155, 5-171, 6-173.
BOWLING: Mubashir Nazir 5-0-23-1; Adnan Farooq 23-5-63-1; Abdul Rehman 27-9-61-0; Kamran Younis 20-6-54-2; Ehtesham Younis 14-6-33-2; Tariq Javed 3-0-14-0; Asim Munir 1-1-0-0; Imran Abbas 3.1-1-8-0; Rizwan Malik 1-0-5-0; Basit Butt 1-0-5-0.
RESULT: Match drawn.
UMPIRES: Athar Zaidi and Siddique Khan.
MATCH REFEREE: Sultan Rana.
