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RAWALPINDI, Nov 8: KRL made a cracking start to their Patron’s Trophy Grade-I match against ADBP Thursday with Saeed Anwar Jr striking a century at the KRL Stadium.
Saeed compiled 112 while Misbah-ul-Haq hit 83 as KRL finished the first day of the four-day game in a comfortable position at 294 for five.
Both Saeed and Misbah joined hands for a 127-run fourth wicket partnership to put their side on way to a big total. In his 253-ball knock, Saeed struck 17 fours with Misbah being equally impressive, dispatching 15 hits to the ropes.
Also playing for KRL is controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who has been reported for a suspect action by umpires at the recent Khaleej Times Trophy in Sharjah, which Pakistan won. He is reported to have said that he was being targeted again just for nothing.
South African match referee Denis Lindsay and umpires George Sharp of England and Rudi Koertzen of South Africa filed the report against Shoaib.
KRL (1st Innings):
Mohammas Ramzan lbw b Fahad 15
Saeed Anwar Jr c Mubashir b Fahad 112
Saeed bin Nasir c Nadeem b Tahir 22
Intikhab Alam b Fahad 27
Misbah-ul-Haq run out 83
Zulfiqar Jan not out 0
Yasir Arafat not out 1
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-13, W-7, NB-10) 34
TOTAL (for five wkts, 81 overs) 294
FALL OF WKTS: 1-35, 2-69, 3-161, 4-288, 5-293
TO BAT: Naeem Akhtar, Jaffar Nazir, Shoaib Akhtar, Saeed Ajmal.
BOWLING (to-date): Mubashir Nazir 9-3-50-0; Rao Iftikhar 19-4-53-0; Fahad Masood 21-3-93-3; Tahir Mughal 19-8-46-1; Javed Hayat 8-3-14-0; Inam-ul-Haq 5-0-21-0.
ADBP: Inam-ul-Haq, Hafiz Majid, Atif Rauf, Zahoor Elahi (captain), Javed Hayat, Manzoor Elahi, Nadeem Hussain, Tahir Mughal, Rao Iftikhar, Mubashir Nazir, Fahad Masood.
UMPIRES: Waqar A. Mughal and Asad Rauf.
MATCH REFEREE: Ehtesham-ul-Haq.
