Ijaz hammers superb century

Published December 17, 2003

RAWALPINDI, Dec 16: Ijaz Ahmed Jr stroked an unbeaten 106 on Tuesday to power Allied Bank to 216 on a shortened second day of the Patron’s Trophy Pool ‘B’ match against Habib Bank at KRL Stadium.

There had been no play on the opening day of the match on Monday because of rain the day before. The proceedings eventually got under way half an hour before lunch on day two of four.

Ijaz played a flawless innings after Habib Bank had won the toss and asked their rivals to bat first. He struck nine fours and three sixes in his 143-ball innings.

Kabir Khan took four wickets for 33 runs while Sajid Shah picked up two.

Scoreboard

ALLIED BANK (1st Innings):

Wajahatullah Wasti c Sajid b S. Nazir 9

Usman Tariq c Shahid b Sajid 28

Farhan Adil lbw b Kabir 0

Ijaz Ahmed Jr not out 106

Manzoor Akhtar lbw b Asad 21

Aaley Haider c Atiq b Kabir 22

Tahir Mughal lbw b Kabir 5

M. Salman c Atiq b Kabir 1

Taimur Khan c Khaqan b Sajid 2

Arshad Khan not out 5

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-2, W-1, NB-6) 17

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 59 overs) 216

FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-27, 3-69, 4-108, 5-146, 6-153, 7-161, 7-168.

BOWLING (to-date): Kabir Khan 13-1-33-4; Shahid Nazir 11-3-22-1; Sajid Shah 13-0-43-2; Akram Raza 10-0-39-0; Asadullah Butt 12-1-69-1.