Zeeshan claims eight catches

Published March 16, 2004

LAHORE, March 15: Karachi's wicket-keeper Ahmed Zeeshan Malik held eight catches as Multan were bowled out for 220 in their first innings on the opening day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy fixture at the Bahawalpur Stadium (Bahawalpur) on Monday.

Skipper Aamir Bashir top-scored for his side with a fighting 69 off 148 deliveries. He stroked 11 boundaries Left-arm paceman Nasir Khan grabbed five for 74 with Ahmed Zeeshan taking four catches off his bowling. Karachi were 16 without loss at stumps.

Scoreboard

MULTAN (1st Innings):

Yasir Arafat Jr c A. Zeeshan b Nasir 4

Usman Tariq c A. Zeeshan b Tanvir 6

Azhar Shafiq c A. Zeeshan b Nauman 11

Aamir Bashir c A. Zeeshan b Nasir 69

Rehan Rafiq c Farhan b Nasir 27

Asif Iqbal c A. Zeeshan b Nasir 16

Mohammad Shafiq c A. Zeeshan b Nasir 13

Mohammad Zahid not out 48

Abdur Rauf c A. Zeeshan b Arif 4

Mohammad Irshad b Arif 0

Mohammad Tanvir c A. Zeeshan b Nauman 7

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, W-3, NB-5) 15

TOTAL (all out, 82.1 overs) 220

FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-23, 3-40, 4-118, 5-142, 6-152, 7-169, 8-174, 9-174.

BOWLING: Tanvir Ahmed 23-7-70-1; Nasir Khan 25-6-74-5; Naumanullah 11.1-7-10-2; Hasan Raza 3-0-21-0.

KARACHI (1st Innings):

Shadab Kabir not out 10

Asif Zakir not out 5

EXTRAS (NB-1) 1

TOTAL (for no wkt, five overs) 16

BOWLING (to-date): Abdur Rauf 3-0-4-0; Mohammad Irshad 2-0-7-0.

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