Bilal pulverises Quetta bowlers

Published October 24, 2005

KARACHI, Oct 23: Bilal Marwat stroked a brilliant 176 to put Abbottabad in driving seat of their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match against Quetta at the Bugti Stadium on Sunday.

Bilal, who was 72 overnight, struck 23 fours and four sixes as the visiting team added a remarkable 170 runs to their overnight tally of 297 for six. The right-hander dominated a seventh-wicket partnership of 152 with skipper Sajid Shah (32).

Quetta, in reply, lost four key wickets in scoring 166 runs. Leg-spinner Dilawar Khan captured all the wickets to fall for 71 runs in 14 overs.

Scoreboard

ABBOTTABAD (1st Innings, overnight 297-6):

Ahmed Said lbw b Faisal 0

Sajjad Ali c and Faisal 3

Sajid Rasheed c and b Mansoor 31

Ali Naqvi c Shoaib b Faisal 54

Ashraf Ali c Aziz b Arun Lal 54

Adnan Raees c Adil b Jalat 42

Bilal Marwat st Hameed b Jalat 176

Sajid Shah c sub b Mansoor 32

Tariq Mahmood b Mansoor 19

Nasir Jalil not out 5

Dilawar Khan b Jalat 0

EXTRAS (B-20, LB-12, NB-19) 51

TOTAL (all out 126.3 overs) 467

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-5, 3-93, 4-113, 5-177, 6-277, 7-429, 8-455, 9-467.

BOWLING: Faisal Irfan 27-7-63-3; Ali Imran Pasha 4.4-1-20-0; Arun Lal 23.2-6-84-1 (12nb); Jalat Khan 30.3-5-82-3; Shoaib Khan 3-0-11-0 (2nb); Mansoor Ahmed 34-8-149-3 (2nb); Adil Nisar 4-0-26-0 (3nb).

QUETTA (1st Innings):

Shoaib Khan lbw b Dilawar 30

Hameedullah Khan c Tariq b Dilawar 50

Adil Nisar c sub b Dilawar 41

Azizullah c Sajid Rasheed b Dilawar 1

Naseem Khan not out 21

Arun Lal not out 3

EXTRAS (B-9, LB-8, NB-3) 20

TOTAL (for four wkts, 40 overs) 166

FALL OF WKTS: 1-88, 2-108, 3-122, 4-161.

TO BAT: Jalat Khan, Sanaullah Khan, Faisal Irfan, Mansoor Ahmed, Ali Imran Pasha.

BOWLING (to-date): Nasir Jalil 7-3-20-0; Sajid Shah 5-1-20-0 (1nb); Ali Naqvi 1-0-16-0 (1nb); Dilawar Khan 14-2-71-4; Tariq Mahmood 13-6-22-0 (1nb).