HYDERABAD, Dec 16: Pakistan Customs made a spirited reply to reach 179 for two in their first innings against Wapda in Patron’s Trophy Pool ‘A’ match at Niaz Stadium on Tuesday.

Left-hander Naseem Khan led the way with an unbeaten 72 while sharing partnership of 112 in 153 minutes skipper Aamir Bashir (47, six fours and one six). Naseem has so far hit 10 boundaries in his four-hour knock.

Earlier, a resolute last wicket partnership of 67 helped Wapda make 348 in their first innings after resuming at 284 for nine.

Scoreboard

WAPDA (1st Innings, overnight 284-9):

Adil Nisar c Rawait b John 3

Asif Hussain c Hanif b Aamir 19

Tariq Aziz c Hanif b John 112

Shoaib Khan c Hanif b John 44

Hasan Adnan c Imran b John 0

Rizwan Malik c Hanif b Imran 12

Zahid Umar b John 17

R. Naveed-ul-Hasan c Rawait b Kamran 24

Aqeel Ahmed not out 30

Sarfraz Ahmed c Kamran b Imran 11

Kashif Raza st Hanif b Atiq 24

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-4, W-5, NB-37) 47

TOTAL (all out, 109.4 overs) 348

FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-59, 3-201, 4-203, 5-208, 6-223, 7-266, 8-269, 9-281.

BOWLING: Imran Ali 33-1-111-2 (16nb, 1w); Stephen John 22-3-78-5 (16nb, 1w); Kamran Hussain 12-3-32-1 (1nb); Aamir Bashir 12-4-28-1 (3nb, 1w); Atif Maqbool 15.4-2-44-1; Nisar Abbas 4-1-10-0; Khurram Siddique 11-1-35-0.

PAKISTAN CUSTOMS:

Khurram Siddique b Sarfraz 30

Rawait Khan c Asif b Sarfraz 6

Naseem Khan not out 72

Aamir Bashir lbw b Kashif 47

Bilal Khilji not out 1

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-1, W-1, NB-16) 23

TOTAL (for three wkts, 68 overs) 179

FALL OF WKTS: 1-27, 2-50, 3-162.

TO BAT: Kamran Hussain, Nisar Abbas, Hanif Malik, Atif Maqbool, Stephen John, Imran Ali.

BOWLING (to-date): Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 18-3-49-0 (7nb); Sarfraz Ahmed 23-11-43-2 (1w); Kashif Raza 8-1-25-1 (5nb); Aqeel Ahmed 19-5-56-0 (4nb).