KARACHI, Dec 9: Pakistan Customs skipper Aamir Iqbal led from the front to make 115 that helped his side to 431 in their first innings against PTCL in the Patron’s Trophy match at Quaid-i-Azam Cricket Park on Tuesday.

PTCL had made a spirited reply by reaching 53 without loss at close of play at the halfway stage of this four-day match.

Aamir, resuming on 59, hammered 18 fours during his knock as Customs garnered a further 190 runs. They were 241 for three after the match started two hours late on Monday.

Scoreboard

PAKISTAN CUSTOMS (1st Innings, overnight 241-3):

Kashif Siddique c Zulqarnain b Khalil 82

Rawait Khan b Tabish 20

Bilal Khilji c Shahzad b Tabish 69

Aamir Bashir c Zulqarnain b Khalil 115

Kamran Hussain c Zulqarnain b Khalil 14

Nisar Abbas lbw b Riaz 30

Shahbaz Butt c Zulqarnain b Riaz 37

Atif Maqbool c Fayyaz b Tabish 24

Junaid Zia lbw b Shiraz 21

Imran Ali b Shiraz 0

Stephen John not out 2

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-5, NB-9) 17

TOTAL (all out, 116.3 overs) 431

FALL OF WKTS: 1-42, 2-121, 3-212, 4-258, 5-328, 6-354, 7-382, 8-418, 9-418.

BOWLING: Riaz Afridi 28-5-105-2 (6nb); Mohammad Khalil 36-6-134-3 (3nb, 2w); Mohammad Hussain 20-4-81-0; Tabish Nawab 27-5-81-3; Mohammad Fayyaz 2-0-18-0 (1nb); Shiraz Khalid 2.3-1-2-2.

PTCL (1st Innings):

Mohammad Fayyaz not out 24

Babar Naeem not out 29

EXTRAS 0

TOTAL (for no wkt, 23 overs) 53

TO BAT: Naved Latif, Shiraz Khalid, Shahzad Malik, Mohammad Hussain, Zulqarnain Haider, Riaz Afridi, Jawwad Hameed, Tabish Nawab, Mohammad Khalil.

BOWLING (to-date): Stephen John 8-3-13-0; Junaid Zia 6-3-12-0; Imran Ali 6-0-23-0; Atif Maqbool 2-0-5-0; Kashif Siddique 1-1-0-0.