Islamabad poised for victory

Published January 9, 2007

ISLAMABAD, Jan 8: Islamabad moved within sight of an innings victory after Abbottabad slipped to 209 for seven in their second innings on the penultimate day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match at Diamond Club Ground on Monday.

Abbottabad, who were forced to follow-on after conceding a massive lead of 397 runs, are still 188 runs in arrears with just three wickets in hand.

The visitors resumed their first innings on overnight 82-7 before folding up for 129.

Scoreboard

ISLAMABAD (1st Innings) 526-6 declared (Atif Ashraf 177, Bilal Asad 148, Afaq Raheem 121).

ABBOTTABAD (1st Innings, overnight 82-7):

Ahmed Said lbw b Rao 4

Mohammad Naeem c Rao b Shoaib 14

Sajid Rasheed lbw b Azhar 24

Zafar Jadoon c Naeem b Shoaib 0

Riaz Kail c Ashar b Shoaib 0

Adnan Raees c Naeem b Rao 18

Bilal Marwat lbw b Azhar 12

Sajid Shah lbw b Rao 9

Nasir Jalil not out 30

Dilawar Khan b Shoaib 12

Mohammad Siddique retired -

EXTRAS (LB-1, W-1, NB-4) 6

TOTAL (all out, 38.4 overs) 129

FALL OF WKTS: 1-17, 2-23, 3-24, 4-28, 5-65, 6-69, 7-82, 8-96, 9-129.

BOWLING: Shoaib Akhtar 13.4-3-56-4; Rao Iftikhar 14-4-13-2; Zohaib Ahmed 5-0-28-0 (3nb, 1w); Azhar Mahmood 6-0-19-2 (1nb).

ABBOTTABAD (2nd Innings, following-on):

Ahmed Said c Naeem b Zohaib 60

Mohammad Naeem c Atif b Azhar 42

Sajid Rasheed c Naeem b Shoaib 6

Adnan Raees c Ashar b Zohaib 31

Sajid Shah lbw b Altaf 23

Zafar Jadoon lbw b Azhar 0

Bilal Marwat lbw b Azhar 0

Riaz Kail not out 29

Nasir Jalil not out 1

EXTRAS (B-10, W-1, NB-6) 17

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 56 overs) 209

FALL OF WKTS: 1-67, 2-83, 3-144, 4-153, 5-159, 6-167, 7-195.

BOWLING (to-date); Shoaib Akhtar 8-5-21-1; Rao Iftikhar 9-2-42-0; Zohaib Ahmed 13-0-59-2; Azhar Mahmood 14-5-27-3; Ashar Zaidi 2-0-15-0; Bazid Khan 4-0-25-0; Bilal Asad 3-0-7-0; Mohammad Altaf 3-1-3-1.—Agencies