Lahore Ravi hit back

Published October 24, 2005

KARACHI, Oct 23: Lahore Ravi staged a superb fightback against Hyderabad to leave the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League fixture evenly poised at the Niaz Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday.

The visitors were 160 for one after taking the last seven Hyderabad wickets for 139 runs on the second day of the match.

Left-handers Kashif Siddique (78 with 12 fours) and Rizwan Ahmed (68 with 10 fours and one six) have so far added 148 for the unbroken second-wicket stand.

Earlier, skipper Faisal Athar, who was forced to retired hurt after scoring 124 on Saturday, made 171 with the aid of 27 fours, and Rizwan Ahmed was dismissed for 96.

Scoreboard

HYDERABAD (1st Innings, overnight 297-3):

Akram Khan c Kashif b Wasim 3

Faisal Athar c Kashif b Azmat 171

Hanifur Rahman c Kashif b Wasim 123

Shahid Qambrani c Kashif b Farhan 3

Rizwan Ahmed b Farhan 96

Khadim Hussain c Kashif b Wahab 8

Hanif Malik lbw b Wasim 0

Shoaib Leghari c Zulqarnain b Shahzad 5

Raees Amjad c and b Farhan 10

Kashif Raza b Farhan 0

Farhan Ayub not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-4, LB-6, W-2, NB-7) 19

TOTAL (all out, 126 overs) 436

FALL OF WKTS: 1-28, 2-218, 3-221, 4-315, 5-350, 6-363, 7-396, 8-415, 9-425.

BOWLING: Wasim Khan 25-5-95-3 (1w); Shahzad Butt 17-3-77-1 (1w); Wahab Riaz 13-0-54-1 (7nb); Farhan Rasheed 40-9-118-4; Ali Azmat 24-1-78-1; Salman Qadir 7-5-4-0.

LAHORE RAVI (1st Innings):

Kashif Siddique not out 78

Shahnawaz Malik c H. Malik b Kashif 9

Rizwan Ahmed not out 68

EXTRAS (LB-1, NB-4) 5

TOTAL (for one wkt, 38 overs) 160

FALL OF WKT: 1-12.

TO BAT: Imran Abbas, Salman Qadir, Ali Azmat, Zulqarnain Haider, Wasim Khan, Wahab Riaz, Shahzad Butt, Farhan Rasheed.

BOWLING (to-date): Kashif Raza 7-1-26-1 (1nb); Farhan Ayub 7-2-19-0 (3nb); Raees Amjad 8-0-40-0; Shoaib Leghari 8-1-29-0; Hanifur Rahman 4-0-23-0; Faisal Athar 3-0-21-0; Shahid Qambrani 1-0-1-0.