KARACHI, April 15: Bowlers prevailed over the batsmen as no less than 19 wickets fell on the opening day of the Pentangular Cup match between Habib Bank and Sindh at the UBL Sports Complex here on Sunday.

After electing to bat first, Habib Bank were dismissed for 191 inside 56 overs. But they hit back strongly to have Sindh tottering at 109 for nine when stumps were drawn on an eventful day.

Skipper Shahid Afridi provided some entertained with his big-hitting. The Pakistan all-rounder bludgeoned five sixes and three sixes in scoring 58 off 47 balls.

Slow left-armer Azam Hussain (4-46) and leg-spinner Rizwan Ahmed (3-11) excelled for Sindh.

Pakistan spinner Abdur Rehman bagged four for 44 in Sindh’s first innings as only Rizwan managed to put up a fight with an unbeaten 46, which included seven fours and one six.

Scoreboard

HABIB BANK (1st Innings):

Imran Farhat c Amin b Tanvir 12

Taufiq Umar c Tanvir b Azam 31

Riffatullah Mohmand c Amin b Azam 22

Hasan Raza st Amin b Azam 14

Shahid Afridi c Shahid b Rizwan 58

Khaqan Arsal c Wajih b Tahir 11

Humayun Farhat c Agha Sabir b Tahir 0

Sajid Shah c sub b Rizwan 11

Abdur Rehman b Rizwan 0

Fahad Masood b Azam 14

Irfan Fazil not out 6

EXTRAS (LB-4, W-8, NB-1) 13

TOTAL (all out, 55.3 overs) 192

FALL OF WKTS: 1-28, 2-59, 3-91, 4-94, 5-125, 6-125, 7-171, 8-171, 9-172.

BOWLING: Tanvir Ahmed 11-2-41-1 (1nb, 2w); Uzair-ul-Haq 7-0-33-0 (2w); Tahir Khan 13-1-57-2; Azam Hussain 20.3-4-46-4; Rizwan Ahmed 4-0-11-3.

SINDH (1st Innings):

Agha Sabir c Taufiq b Irfan 1

Wajihuddin lbw b Sajid 3

Fahad Iqbal c Humayun b Irfan 0

Shahid Qambrani c Khaqan b Rehman 13

Faisal Iqbal c Imran b Rehman 27

Rizwan Ahmed not out 46

Amin-ur-Rehman c sub b Rehman 8

Tahir Khan c Riffat b Rehman 0

Tanvir Ahmed c Khaqan b Irfan 3

Azam Hussain run out 2

EXTRAS (LB-5, NB-1) 6

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 33.3 overs) 109

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-39, 5-50, 6-60, 7-65, 8-94, 9-109.

TO BAT: Uzair-ul-Haq.

BOWLING (to-date): Irfan Fazil 6-0-18-3; Sajid Shah 4-1-12-1 (1nb); Abdur Rehman 13-2-44-4; Fahad Masood 3-0-11-0; Shahid Afridi 7-2-19-0; Imran Farhat 0.3-0-0-0.

UMPIRES: Siddique Khan and Iqbal Butt.

MATCH REFEREE: Naeem Ahmed.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Salman Hussain.