KARACHI, Oct 29: Shahzad Butt led a spirited fightback by Lahore Ravi to leave the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match against Quetta evenly poised at the Bugti Stadium in Quetta on Saturday.
Medium-pacer Shahzad bowled accurately to capture four for 33 in 19 overs as Quetta closed the second at 266 for nine in reply to Lahore Ravi’s first-innings total of 281.
Opener Shoaib Khan was Quetta’s mainstay with 88, a knock that included 13 fours and two sixes, as the home side overcame a poor start.
But after reaching 202 for four, Quetta lost their way as four wickets fell for the addition of only 19 runs.
Former Test paceman Irfan Fazil picked up three wickets but was erratic as his 12 overs cost 70 runs.
SCOREBOARD
LAHORE RAVI (1st Innings, overnight 279-9):
Kashif Siddique c Arun Lal b Naseer 76
Rizwan Ahmed c Hameed b Arun Lal 53
Shahnawaz Malik b Naseer 14
Imran Abbas b Jalat 3
Salman Qadir c and b Naseer 21
Ali Azmat c Sabir b Naseer 32
Ali Raza c Shoaib b Naseer 6
Farhan Rasheed not out 8
Wasim Khan c Adil b Mansoor 25
Irfan Fazil c Sabir b Azhar 7
Shahzad Butt c Arun Lal b Faisal 18
EXTRAS (B-8, LB-3, NB-7) 18
TOTAL (all out, 88.3 overs) 281
FALL OF WKTS: 1-107, 2-148, 3-160, 4-161, 5-197, 6-215, 7-223, 8-256, 9-263.
BOWLING: Faisal Irfan 13.3-3-48-1; Azharullah 15-4-52-1 (1nb); Arun Lal 11-1-42-1 (9nb); Naseer Khan 24-7-66-5 (2nb); Jalat Khan 12-4-36-1; Mansoor Ahmed 13-6-26-1.
QUETTA (1st Innings):
Shoaib Khan b Irfan 88
Hameedullah lbw b Shahzad 3
Azizullah c Ali Raza b Shahzad 1
Adil Nisar c Kashif b Ali Azmat 37
Sabir Hussain b Shahzad 44
Arun Lal c Imran b Irfan 24
Jalat Khan b Irfan 0
Naseer Khan c Kashif b Shahzad 6
Faisal Irfan b Wasim 22
Mansoor Ahmed not out 17
EXTRAS (B-10, LB-3, NB-11) 24
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 77.2 overs) 266
FALL OF WKTS: 1-16, 2-18, 3-124, 4-169, 5-202, 6-202, 7-218, 8-221, 9-266.
TO BAT: Azharullah.
BOWLING (to-date): Wasim Khan 16.2-4-40-1; Shahzad Butt 19-8-33-4; Irfan Fazil 12-1-70-3 (10nb); Farhan Rasheed 11-2-32-0; Salman Qadir 7-1-25-0; Ali Azmat 10-0-51-1; Rizwan Ahmed 2-1-2-0.