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RAWALPINDI, Nov 4: A patient century by opener Muhammad Hafeez brought babes Sui Gas close to safe shores but not close enough as they still required another 28 runs with four wickets in hand to avoid following on in their Patron’s Trophy Grade-I match against Habib Bank Sunday.
Sui Gas, who resumed their first innings at six for no loss, finished the third day at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium at 229 for six as they replied to Habib Bank’s mammoth 406 for three declared.
Hafeez, who combined with Ali Hussain for a first wicket partnership of 114, slammed the ball 10 times to the ropes and struck one big six in scoring 106. His heroics were eventually ended by Shahid Nazir who had him caught by Tahir.
Ali Hussain cracked eight boundaries for a knock of 47 that came off 145 balls before he too became a victim of Shahid, who captured three wickets for the day. Kabir Khan claimed two wickets off successive balls but missed a hat trick.
Monday is the last day of the match.
HABIB BANK (Ist Innings) 406-3 dec (Saleem Elahi 168, Farhan Adil 111, Imran Farhat 84).
SUI GAS (Ist Innings, overnight 6-0):
Ali Hussain c Tahir b Shahid 47
M. Hafeez c Tahir b Shahid 106
Sohail Idrees lbw b Imran 36
Saleem Mughal lbw b Kabir 6
Zia-ur-Rehman c Tahir b Kabir 0
Asad Iqbal c Akram b Shahid 0
Abid Mahmood not out 4
Abdul Rehman not out 1
EXTRAS (B-10, LB-18, NB-1) 29
TOTAL (for six wkts, 88 overs) 229
FALL OF WKTS: 1-114, 2-195, 3-208, 4-208, 5-223, 6-228.
BOWLING (to-date): Kabir Khan 19-6-40-2; Shahid Nazir 14-5-32-3; Sajid Shah 8-2-21-0; Akram Raza 18-4-38-0; Asadullah Butt 11-4-14-0; Abdul Rehman 12-3-36-0; Imran Farhat 6-0-20-1.
