Rahman stars with 11 wickets

Published December 19, 2005

KARACHI, Dec 18: Slow left-armer Abdur Rahman returned match figures of 11 for 148 as Habib Bank overwhelmed KRL by nine wickets on the third day of the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I cricket championship fixture at NBP Sports Complex on Sunday.

Rahman, the 25-year-old Sialkot-born spinner, took a career-best six for 28 as KRL were bowled out for 132 in their second innings.

The bankers reached a target of 43 in nine overs.

Earlier, Habib Bank obtained a first-innings lead of 90 runs after adding 69 further runs to their overnight score of 268 for six. Farhan Adil fell for 85 while Abdur Rahman made a handy 37.

Ali Naqvi ended up with four for 47 while Alamgir Khan claimed three for 56.

Scoreboard

KRL (1st Innings) 247 (Ali Naqvi 74; Abdul Rahman 5-120).

HABIB BANK (1st Innings, overnight 268-6):

Imran Farhat c Zulfiqar b Ali Naqvi 39

Riffatullah c Zulfiqar b Shahzad 13

Aftab Khan lbw b Ali Naqvi 59

Hasan Raza c Zulfiqar b Saeed Ajmal 44

Farhan Adil c Farrukh b Alamgir 85

Humayun Farhat c Wasim b Saeed Anwar 3

Kamran Hussain c Zulfiqar b Alamgir 18

Abdur Rahman c Zulfiqar b Ali Naqvi 37

Junaid Zia c sub b Alamgir 4

Sajid Shah not out 8

Shahid Nazir b Ali Naqvi 2

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-2, NB-21) 25

TOTAL (all out, 110.4 overs) 268

FALL OF WKTS: 1-33, 2-65, 3-149, 4-211, 5-224, 6-268, 7-289, 8-309, 9-335.

BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 17-2-52-0; Shahzad Butt 16-1-64-1; Saeed Ajmal 25-1-85-1; Ali Naqvi 14.4-1-47-4; Alamgir Khan 22-8-56-3; Saeed Anwar Jr 16-4-29-1.

KRL (2nd Innings):

Saeed Anwar Jr c Humayun b Shahid 0

Mohammad Wasim lbw b Junaid 35

Mohtashim Ali c Imran b Kamran 7

Ali Naqvi lbw b A. Rahman 30

Mohammad Farrukh lbw b A. Rahman 0

Saeed bin Nasir st Humayun b A. Rahman 4

Abdur Rauf lbw b A. Rahman 6

Zulfiqar Jan c Riffat b A. Rahman 12

Shahzad Butt lbw b Imran 4

Alamgir Khan not out 13

Saeed Ajmal c Shahid b A. Rahman 8

EXTRAS (B-7, LB-3, NB-3) 13

TOTAL (all out, 48 overs) 132

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-17, 3-70, 4-71, 5-82, 6-88, 7-88, 8-101, 9-121.

BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 7-0-37-1; Kamran Hussain 7-4-14-1; Sajid Shah 4-0-14-0; Abdur Rahman 17-6-28-6; Junaid Zia 4-1-7-1; Imran Farhat 9-3-22-1.

HABIB BANK (2nd Innings):

Imran Farhat not out 19

Riffatullah Mohmand c and b Wasim 20

Aftab Khan not out 4

EXTRAS 0

TOTAL (for one wkt, 9 overs) 43

FALL OF WKT: 1-39.

BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 3-0-12-0; Shahzad Butt 2-0-6-0; Ali Naqvi 2-0-14-0; Mohammad Wasim 2-0-11-1.

RESULT: Habib Bank won by nine wickets.

UMPIRES: M. Akbar Khan and Riazuddin.

MATCH REFEREE: Ishtiaq Ahmed.