KARACHI, Oct 9: Opener Imran Farhat blasted 160 off 197 deliveries to help Habib Bank pile up 348 for five in their first innings against Allied Bank in the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I clash at Sheikhupura Stadium Tuesday.

According to details available here, Imran, the 19-year-old Test left-hander, batted for 245 minutes and faced 197 balls. Together with Taufiq Umar, Imran shared a first wicket stand of 199 in 171 minutes.

Taufiq, the 20-year-old left-hander who made a century on Test debut against Bangladesh in August, negotiated 116 deliveries.

Hasan Raza is still at the crease with exactly 50 — off 8 balls — to his name alongwith Farhan Adil in the unfinished sixth wicket partnership that has so far realized 68.

Stand-in Habib Bank skipper Shahid Afridi, who won the toss, made just 14 while batting down the order.

Scoreboard

HABIB BANK (1st Innings):

Imran Farhat c Humayun b Aqib 160

Taufiq Umer b Arshad 68

Saleem Elahi c Rashid b Ata 4

Younis Khan c Humayun b A. Nazir 15

Hasan Raza not out 50

Shahid Afridi c Ijaz Jr b A. Nazir 14

Farhan Adil not out 24

EXTRAS (LB-4, NB-9) 13

TOTAL (for five wkts, 87.3 overs) 348

FALL OF WKTS: 1-199, 2-225, 3-258, 4-263, 5-280.

TO BAT: Sajid Shah, Irfan Fazil, Kabir Khan, Danish Kaneria.

BOWLING (to-date): Ata-ur-Rehman 15.3-1-53-1; Aamir Nazir 24-3-102-2; Aqib Javed 15-2-55-1; Taimur Khan 9-3-18-0; Arshad Khan 21-1-100-1; Mohammad Nawaz 3-0-16-0.

ALLIED BANK: Mohammad Nawaz, Usman Tariq, Naved Latif, Ijaz Ahmed Jr, Aamir Hanif, Taimur Khan, Humayun Farhat, Ata-ur-Rehman, Aqib Javed (captain), Aamir Nazir.

UMPIRES: Siddique Khan and Ehtesham-ul-Haq.

MATCH REFEREE: Taslim Arif.

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