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LAHORE, Feb 24: Lahore made an appropriate response on Tuesday to the mammoth Rawalpindi's first innings score of 494 to end the second day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy game at the LCCA Ground on 226 for three.
Lahore began their innings on a disastrous note when Imran Farhat, the left-handed Test opener, lasted just three deliveries in Azhar Mahmood's opening over, and was caught by Babar Naeem for a duck.
However, Taufiq Umar, the other Test left-handed opening batsman, then put on 47 for the second wicket with Saleem Elahi before the latter fell to Yasir Arafat for 28.
Batting confidently, Taufiq and Salman Butt denied Rawalpindi another wicket for a while as the two left-handers added 138 runs for the third wicket. Taufiq, who stroked 13 boundaries in his 135-ball innings that lasted 202 minutes, was dismissed by left-arm medium-pacer Najaf Shah for 86.
Salman, who played a solitary Test against Bangladesh at Multan last September, was still at the crease with 64 to his credit. With him was Kamran Akmal on 26. Salman's 103-ball knock included 11 hits to the fence.
Earlier, Rawalpindi's final three wickets yielded 104, taking the overnight score from 390 for seven to 494 all out with useful contributions down the order.
Scoreboard
RAWALPINDI (1st Innings, overnight 390-7):
Babar Naeem lbw b Imran 149
Afaq Rahim b Wasim 20
Ashar Zaidi lbw b Irfan 4
Bilal Asad lbw b Razzaq 32
Naveed Qureshi c Kamran b Razzaq 0
Shiraz Khalid lbw b Irfan 10
Azhar Mahmood lbw b Saqlain 75
Yasir Arafat c Taufiq b Irfan 64
Junaid Zia b Khalil 34
Mohammad Shahbaz lbw b Irfan 41
Najaf Shah not out 23
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-5, W-4, NB-31) 42
TOTAL (all out, 121.3 overs) 494
FALL OF WKTS: 1-30, 2-45, 3-109, 4-109, 5-149, 6-308, 7-334, 8-409, 9-432.
BOWLING: Wasim Khan 20-4-80-1 (6nb); Mohammad Khalil 32-5-105-1 (6nb, 2w);Irfan Fazil 21.3-1-119-4 (15nb);Abdul Razzaq 17-1-95-2 (5nb); Saqlain Mushtaq 19-5-56-1; Imran Farhat 11-2-29-1; Salman Butt 1-0-4-0.
LAHORE (1st Innings):
Imran Farhat c Babar b Azhar 0
Taufiq Umar c Ashar b Najaf 86
Saleem Elahi c Naveed b Yasir 28
Salman Butt not out 64
Kamran Akmal not out 26
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-4, W-3, NB-14) 22
TOTAL (for three wkts, 49 overs) 226
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-47, 3-185.
TO BAT: Adil Nisar, Abdul Razzaq, Saqlain Mushtaq, Mohammad Khalil, Wasim Khan, Irfan Fazil.
BOWLING (to-date): Azhar Mahmood 14-1-67-1 (1nb); Najaf Shah 11-2-52-1 (1nb); Yasir Arafat 12-2-44-1 (4nb, 2w); Junaid Zia 4-1-32-0 (4nb, 1w); Bilal Asad 2-0-11-0; Shiraz Khalid 6-0-15-0 (5nb).
