Positive reply by ABL

Published October 29, 2001

KARACHI, Oct 28: Allied Bank made a positive reply to reach 95 for one in their first innings on the second day of the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I match against KRL at Saga Ground, Sialkot Sunday.

According to details available here, Usman Tariq (51 off 108 balls, eight fours) and Ata-ur-Rehman (25 off 91 balls) were at the crease in an unfinished second wicket stand worth 89 after Mohammad Nawaz was out for five.

Earlier, Saeed bin Nasir was stranded on an unbeaten 58 (141 balls, seven fours) as KRL added another 104 runs to the overnight 285 for four.

Scoreboard

KRL (1st Innings, overnight 285-4):

Ali Naqvi lbw b Aqib 137

Mohammad Ramzan lbw b Aqib 0

Saeed Anwar Jr b Aamir Nazir 61

Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b Ata 56

Intikhab Alam c A. Nazir b Arshad 4

Saeed bin Nasir not out 58

Yasir Arafat c Humayun b A. Nazir 2

Naeem Akhtar c Humayun b Naveed 3

Zulfiqar Jan b Arshad 20

Jaffar Nazir b Arshad 1

Stephen John lbw b Naveed 4

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-6, W-1, NB-28) 43

TOTAL (all out, 123.2 overs) 389

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-176, 3-267, 4-277, 5-302, 6-314, 7-328, 8-382, 9-384.

BOWLING: Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 21.2-2-93-2 (10nb); Aqib Javed 27-10-37-2 (1nb); Ata-ur-Rehman 18-2-71-0 (5nb); Aamir Nazir 22-2-81-2 (11nb, 1w); Arshad Khan 29-9-75-3; Taimur Khan 6-2-18-0.

ALLIED BANK (1st Innings):

Mohammad Nawaz lbw b John 5

Usman Tariq not out 51

Ata-ur-Rehman not out 25

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-1, NB-12) 14

TOTAL (for one wkt, 32.3 overs) 95

FALL OF WKT: 1-6.

TO BAT: Wajahatullah Wasti, Aamir Hanif, Taimur Khan, Humayun Farhat, Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan, Arshad Khan, Aqib Javed, Aamir Nazir.

BOWLING (to-date): Jaffar Nazir 9-3-20-0 (4nb, 1w); Stephen John 7-1-15-1 (3nb); Yasir Arafat 7-1-20-0 (1nb); Naeem Akhtar 4-0-16-0 (4nb); Ali Naqvi 3.3-0-16-0; Saeed Anwar Jr 2-0-7-0.

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