Riffat puts Peshawar on top

Published October 18, 2005

KARACHI, Oct 17: Opener Riffatullah Mohmand struck a century as Peshawar strengthened their position in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League fixture against Rawalpindi at the Arbab Niaz Stadium on Monday.

Riffat made 119 as the champions finished the second day at 284 for five in reply to Rawalpindi’s 152 all out in the first innings.

SCOREBOARD

RAWALPINDI (1st Innings) 152 (Usman Saeed 66).

PESHAWAR (1st Innings, overnight 4-0):

Yasir Hameed c Sajid b Najaf 17

Riffatullah Mohmand c Wasim b Sohail 119

Wajahatullah Wasti c Sajid b Rizwan 17

Shoaib Khan lbw b Najaf 38

Akhtar Sarfraz c Wasim b Alamgir 38

Aftab Khan not out 42

Zulfiqar Jan not out 1

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-4, W-3, NB-2) 12

TOTAL (for five wkts, 87 overs) 284

FALL OF WKTS: 1-35, 2-80, 3-170, 4-211, 5-282.

TO BAT: Waqar Ahmed, Nauman Habib, Aslam Qureshi, Fazle Akbar.

BOWLING (to-date): Najaf Shah 25-2-48-2; Yasir Ali 18-2-66-0; Sohail Tanvir 20-4-67-1; Rizwan Akbar 9-2-46-1; Alamgir Khan 15-3-50-1.