Bowlers dominate ABL-KRL tie

Published January 23, 2003

KARACHI, Jan 22: As many as 12 wickets fell on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy pre-quarterfinal clash between Allied Bank Limited (ABL) and Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) at UBL Sports Complex on Wednesday.

KRL, who were bowled for 212 in their first innings after being sent in by ABL skipper Arshad Khan, hit back to leave the bankers struggling at 27 for two.

For KRL, Pakistan batsman Misbah-ul-Haq played a fine knock of 76 with seven hits to the ropes.

Scoreboard

KRL (1st Innings):

Ali Naqvi c Ijaz b Aamir Nazir 33

Mohammad Ramzan lbw b Tanvir 0

Saeed Anwar Jr lbw b Tanvir 7

Intikhab Alam lbw b Tanvir 4

Misbah-ul-Haq c Ijaz b Arshad 76

Asif Mahmood lbw b Aamir Nazir 0

Zulfiqar Jan c Humayun b Bilal 19

Jaffar Nazir c Ijaz b Zahid 8

Faisal Afridi b Arshad 19

Saeed Ajmal c Tanvir b Zahid 25

Mohammad Asif not out 18

EXTRAS (NB-3) 3

TOTAL (all out, 70 overs) 212

FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-19, 3-27, 4-63, 5-63, 6-116, 7-131, 8-160, 9-171.

BOWLING: Aamir Nazir 14-4-51-2 (3nb); Tanvir Ahmed 14-4-34-3; Arshad Khan 18-1-67-2; Manzoor Akhtar 3-0-13-0; Bilal Asad 5-1-15-1; Mohammad Zahid Sr 16-6-32-2.

ALLIED BANK (1st Innings):

Bilal Asad not out 6

Usman Tariq lbw b Jaffar 5

Wajahatullah Wasti lbw b Asif 12

Mohammad Zahid Sr not out 2

EXTRAS (LB-2) 2

TOTAL (for two wkts, 11 overs) 27

FALL OF WKTS: 1-9, 2-24.

TO BAT: Ijaz Ahmed Jr, Aamir Hanif, Manzoor Akhtar, Humayun Farhat, Arshad Khan, Tanvir Ahmed, Aamir Nazir.

BOWLING (to-date): Jaffar Nazir 6-1-14-1; Faisal Afridi 4-0-11-0; Mohammad Asif 1-1-0-1.

UMPIRES: Shakeel Khan and Riazuddin.

MATCH REFEREE: Munawwar Agha.

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