KARACHI, Jan 9: Dusky opener Asim Kamal made amends for his double failures in the opening game by stroking an unbeaten 86 as Karachi Blues reached 170 for three in their first innings on the second day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I fixture against Balochistan at KCCA Stadium here Wednesday.
The bearded left-hander, who scored 0 and 2 against Karachi Whites last week, struck six fours and one in his 205-ball knock. Nomanullah hit 43 with the aid of six fours during a second wicket stand of 104 with Asim in just under three hours.
Medium-pacer Faisal Irfan gave Balochistan a dream start when he clean bowled Mir Rashid with the very first ball of Karachi Blues’ innings. Zeeshan Pervez also went cheaply as Waqas Chughtai had him caught behind for nine.
Earlier, Naseer Khan, who resumed at his overnight score of 56, was last out for 84 as Balochistan were eventually bowled out for 254 in their first innings.
The burly all-rounder hammered seven fours and four sixes his 142-ball innings.
REST OF BALOCHISTAN (1st Innings, overnight 205-7):
Ali Ahmed b Javed 9
Sabir Hussain lbw b Javed 0
Azizullah c Atiq b Adnan 17
Naseem Khan lbw b Javed 68
Mohtashim Ali lbw b Javed 12
Mian Nafees c Atiq b Rizwan 18
Mohtashim Rasheed b Rizwan 0
Naseer Khan lbw b Adnan 84
Sanaullah Khan b Rizwan 16
Faisal Irfan lbw b Adnan 11
Waqas Chughtai not out 8
EXTRAS (B-2, LB-4, W-1, NB-4) 11
TOTAL (all out, 99.1 overs) 254
FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-23, 3-41, 4-77, 5-130, 6-131, 7-131, 8-209, 9-241.
BOWLING: Rizwan Saeed 17-5-47-3 (2nb); Mohammad Javed 25-8-52-4 (2nb, 1w); Haaris Ayaz 29-8-66-0; Adnan Kaleem
19.1-4-70-3; Ali Mohammad Madni 9-4-13-0.
KARACHI BLUES (1st Innings):
Mir Rashid b Faisal 0
Asim Kamal not out 86
Zeeshan Pervez c Sana b Waqas 9
Nomanullah c Sana b Nafees 43
Farhan Adil not out 21
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-6, NB-1) 11
TOTAL (for three wkts, 69 overs) 170
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-25, 3-129.
TO BAT: Mohammad Javed, Atiq-uz-Zaman, Rizwan Saeed, Haaris Ayaz, Adnan Kaleem, Ali Mohammad Madni.
BOWLING (to-date): Faisal Irfan 17-6-23-1 (1nb); Waqas Chughtai 15-0-62-1; Mohtashim Rasheed 13-3-22-0; Naseer Khan 16-4-40-0; Mian Nafees 5-2-12-1; Mohtashim Ali 4-3-4-0.