NBP take lead over Sui Gas

Published November 11, 2001

KARACHI, Nov 10: National Bank obtained a first innings lead of 36 runs against Sui Gas on the third day of the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I tie at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Saturday.

However, Sui Gas, who made 227, hit back to reduce the bankers to 174 for seven in their second innings with pacer Abdur Rauf taking four for 31, according to details available here.

Scoreboard

NATIONAL BANK (1st Innings) 263 (Zahid Saeed 53, Naumanullah 50; Abdur Rauf 4-86).

SUI GAS (1st Innings, overnight 215-7):

Ali Hussain b Imran 47

Abid Mahmood lbw b Zahid 78

Mohammad Hafeez lbw b Zahid 16

Sohail Idrees c Imran b Sami 4

Saleem Mughal c Imran b Sami 0

Zia-ur-Rehman c Kamran b Zahid 17

Ali Raza not out 21

Shahid Khan c Kamran b Sami 4

Abdur Rauf lbw b Zahid 14

Wasim Khan c Mushtaq b Sami 5

Hafiz Tahir Fareed b Zahid 0

EXTRAS (LB-6, W-1, NB-14) 21

TOTAL (all out, 79 overs) 227

FALL OF WKTS: 1-121, 2-151, 3-157, 4-157, 5-161, 6-184, 7-183, 8-217, 9-222.

BOWLING: Mohammad Sami 21-7-39-4; Zahid Saeed 23-1-73-5; Hanif-ur-Rehman 1-0-4-0; Mushtaq Ahmed 14-2-51-0; Imran Javed 11-3-32-1; Naeem Khan 9-1-22-0.

NATIONAL BANK (2nd Innings):

Khalid Latif c Ali Raza b A. Rauf 0

Hanif-ur-Rehman lbw b Wasim 0

Aurangzeb Afridi c Abid b A. Rauf 5

Qaiser Abbas b A. Rauf 61

Naumanullah c Ali Raza b Wasim 28

Imran Javed c Ali Raza b Shahid 25

Kamran Akmal c A. Hussain b A. Rauf 11

Naeem Khan not out 7

Zahid Saeed not out 7

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-19, NB-7) 30

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 61 overs) 174

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-7, 3-12, 4-66, 5-124, 6-143, 7-150.

BOWLING (to-date): Abdur Rauf 18-10-31-4; Wasim Khan 18-5-42-2; Shahid Khan 13-4-29-1; Hafiz Tahir Fareed 12-1-49-0.

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