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HYDERABAD, Nov 3: Defending champions Pakistan Customs staged a resilient fight back after being forced to follow-on by KRL in the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I tie at Niaz Stadium here Saturday.
The defending champions ended the second day of the four-day clash on 212 for four in their second innings with Kashif Siddique holding the fort with an unbeaten 78 off 206 deliveries. The left-hander’s 274-minute knock includes 10 fours.
Earlier, Customs added just two runs to their overnight first innings score of 44 for nine before Naeem Akhtar claimed his fourth scalp when he had Waqar Ahmed caught for three.
Yasir Arafat, who like Naeem conceded 23 runs, finished with six wickets. The Rawalpindi all-rounder captured the wickets of Agha Sabir (41 off 103 balls, four fours and one six) and Customs skipper Aamir Bashir (27) in the second innings.
Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal broke the 52-run opening stand between Shadab Kabir and Agha Sabir when he clean bowled the former for 23.
KRL (1st Innings) 205 (Zulfiqar Jan 87 not out; Waqar Ahmed 5-55).
PAKISTAN CUSTOMS (1st Innings, overnight 44-9):
Shadab Kabir b Yasir 0
Agha Sabir c Saeed Ajmal b Naeem 2
Kashif Siddique c Zulfiqar b Yasir 0
Aamir Bashir lbw b Yasir 4
Azhar Shafiq c Zulfiqar b Naeem 7
Aamir Iqbal b Yasir 0
Tariq Haroon lbw b Yasir 22
Asim Kamal lbw b Naeem 2
Waqar Ahmed c Saeed Ajmal b Naeem 3
Tabish Nawab b Yasir 2
Waqas Chughtai not out 4
EXTRAS 0
TOTAL (all out, 23.4 overs) 46
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-0, 3-6, 4-6, 5-6, 6-16, 7-28, 8-38, 9-42.
BOWLING: Yasir Arafat 12-4-23-6; Naeem Akhtar 11.4-3-23-4.
PAKISTAN CUSTOMS (2nd Innings, following-on):
Shadab Kabir b Saeed Ajmal 26
Agha Sabir lbw b Yasir 41
Kashif Siddique not out 78
Asim Kamal lbw b Naeem 19
Aamir Bashir lbw b Yasir 27
Azhar Shafiq not out 10
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-7, NB-3) 11
TOTAL (for four wkts, 86 overs) 212
FALL OF WKTS: 1-52, 2-87, 3-135, 4-187.
BOWLING (to-date): Yasir Arafat 22-4-65-2 (1nb); Naeem Akhtar 23-5-42-1 (1nb); Saeed Ajmal 18-3-43-1 (1nb); Ali Naqvi 19-5-44-0; Shakeel Ahmed 4-0-10-0.
Overnight rain restricted play on the second day to just 16 overs between Habib Bank and Sui Gas at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Saturday, our Reporter from Rawalpindi adds.
Wet outfield meant that play could get under way only after tea in which Habib Bank, who were 341 for one overnight, put on another 65 runs before declaring their first innings at 406 for three.
Sui Gas had barely begun their first innings, having scored six runs without loss, when umpires called off play at 4.30pm because of bad light.
Earlier, Saleem Elahi picked up from where he had left off Friday, and quickly added 21 more runs to complete what was a fine knock of 168. He was eventually dismissed by paceman Wasim Khan who had him caught by Abid. He faced 263 balls and struck 24 fours.
HABIB BANK (1st Innings, overnight 341-1):
Imran Farhat lbw b Asad 84
Saleem Elahi c Abid b Wasim 168
Farhan Adil lbw b Wasim 111
Hasan Raza not out 29
Asadullah Butt not out 0
EXTRAS (B-6, LB-5, NB-3) 14
TOTAL (for three dec, 89 overs) 406
FALL OF WKTS: 1-127, 2-349, 3-405.
BOWLING: Abdul Rauf 22-3-90-0; Azhar Abbas 10-0-63-0; Wasim Khan 21-1-102-2; Mohammad Hafeez 12-1-47-0; Asad Iqbal 8-1-35-1; Saleem Mughal 14-0-43-0; Zia-ur-Rehman 2-0-15-0.
SUI GAS (1st Innings):
Ali Hussain not out 1
Mohammad Hafeez not out 3
EXTRAS (LB-2) 2
TOTAL (for no wkt, 4 overs) 6
BOWLING (to-date): Kabir Khan 2-1-2-0; Shahid Nazir 2-1-2-0.
