KARACHI, Feb 14: Islamabad stumbled to 174 for nine in their second innings Thursday to set up an intriguing final day in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I match against Sheikhupura at Sheikhupura Stadium Thursday.
Islamabad’s overall lead of 269 means Sheikhupura still have a chance of winning this game Friday.
ISLAMABAD (1st Innings) 342 (Bilal Asad 109, Atif Ashraf 68, Rao Iftikhar 55; Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 6-102, Jaffar Nazir 4-92).
SHEIKHUPURA (1st Innings, overnight 199-6):
Mohammad Azam not out 73
Yasir Bashir c Kashif b Azhar 0
Qaiser Abbas c Rashid b Azhar 49
Saleem Mughal c Kashif b Azhar 4
Naseem Abbas c Kashif b Saad 0
Imran Nazir b Raheel 35
Maqsood Raza b Raheel 21
Faisal Virk c Irfan b R. Iftikhar 14
Sarfraz Kazmi c Azhar b Raheel 5
R. Naveed-ul-Hasan c Rashid b Raheel 17
Jaffar Nazir c Saad b Raheel 4
EXTRAS (B-10, LB-2, W-1, NB-12) 25
TOTAL (all out, 67.2 overs) 247
FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-70, 3-78, 4-87, 5-153, 6-185, 7-208, 8-217, 9-237.
BOWLING: Azhar Mahmood 19-5-56-3; Rao Iftikhar 19-4-63-1; Saad Janjua 9-0-47-1; Iftikhar Hussain 6-4-3-0; Raheel Majeed 14.2-2-66-5.
ISLAMABAD (2nd Innings):
Iftikhar Hussain c Sarfraz b Faisal 29
Raheel Majeed lbw b Jaffar 19
Bilal Asad c Naseem b Faisal 14
Irfan Bhatti lbw b Jaffar 1
Rashid Amin Butt lbw b Jaffar 2
Azhar Mahmood c Sarfraz b Saleem 51
Atif Ashraf b Jaffar 2
Ishtiaq Rabbani run out 34
Rao Iftikhar not out 7
Saad Janjua c R. Naveed b Faisal 1
Raja M. Kashif not out 0
EXTRAS (B-8, LB-8, W-1, NB-6) 23
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 61 overs) 179
FALL OF WKTS: 1-54, 2-58, 3-64, 4-70, 5-79, 6-89, 7-168, 8-176, 9-177.
BOWLING (to-date): Jaffar Nazir 21.5-7-56-4; Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 1-0-4-0; Maqsood Raza 1.1-0-6-0; Qaiser Abbas 2-0-8-0; Faisal Virk 24-9-52-3; Yasir Bashir 4-0-14-0; Imran Nazir 2-0-15-0; Saleem Mughal 5-1-9-1.