KARACHI, April 3: Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) took early advantage of their Pentangular Cup fixture against NWFP-Balochistan after bowling out the combined outfit for a modest first-innings total of 221 at the UBL Sports Complex here on Tuesday.

Yasir Arafat, the pace bowling all-rounder, grabbed three for 38 while medium-pacer Akhtar Ayub claimed two for 27 after KRL skipper Mohammad Wasim chose to send NWFP-Balochistan into bat.

The only man to make worthwhile contribution for NWFP-Balochistan was Janisar Khan who finished 92 not out. His 158-ball innings contained 13 boundaries and one six.

By close of play on day one, KRL were 58 for no wicket.

Scoreboard

NWFP-BALOCHISTAN (1st Innings):

Shoaib Khan Jr c Zulfiqar b Yasir 16

Yasir Hameed c Zulfiqar b Akhtar 27

Umar Javed b Yasir 0

Shoaib Khan Sr c Saeed b Akhtar 14

Riaz Kail c Ashar b Yasir 0

Ahmed Said c and b Azhar 30

Janisar Khan not out 92

Faisal Irfan c sub b Saeed Ajmal 16

Arshad Khan run out 13

Dilawar Khan lbw b Ashar 3

Shakeel-ur-Rehman run out 0

EXTRAS (B-9, NB-2) 11

TOTAL (all out, 71.5 overs) 221

FALL OF WKTS: 1-44, 2-44, 3-45, 4-53, 5-63, 6-139, 7-175, 8-194, 9-213.

BOWLING: Yasir Arafat 12-2-38-3 (1nb); Jaffar Nazir 5-1-24-0 (1nb); Akhtar Ayub 10-4-27-2; Bilal Asad 1-0-4-0; Saeed Ajmal 21.5-2-70-1; Ashar Zaidi 11-2-20-1; Azhar Ali 7-0-15-1; Saeed Anwar 4-2-14-0.

KRL (1st Innings):

Saeed Anwar not out 24

Azhar Ali not out 21

EXTRAS (B-6, LB-1, W-6) 13

TOTAL (for no wkt, 16 overs) 58

TO BAT: Bilal Asad, Saeed bin Nasir, Mohammad Wasim, Ashar Zaidi, Yasir Arafat, Zulfiqar Jan, Jaffar Nazir, Saeed Ajmal, Akhtar Ayub.

BOWLING (to-date): Shakeel-ur-Rehman 4-0-22-0 (1w); Faisal Irfan 5-1-11-0 (1w); Arshad Khan 4-0-9-0; Dilawar Khan 3-0-9-0.

UMPIRES: Nadeem Ghauri and Ahsan Raza.

MATCH REFEREE: Abdul Sami Khan.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Muhammad Ahsan.