Quetta facing defeat

Published January 21, 2007

RAWALPINDI, Jan 20: Struggling Quetta were left battling for survival after Abbottabad enforced the follow-on in their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Silver League match at the KRL Stadium on Saturday.

Quetta were 0-0 after making 228 in the first innings in reply to Abbottabad’s 413 on the third day of the match.

Slow left-armer Dilawar Khan was the main destroyer with figures of five for 42 as only Sabir Hussain batted with conviction to make 92 with 16 boundaries.

Earlier, former Karachi player Wajid Ali converted his overnight 70 into an unbeaten 100 – his maiden first-class century as Abbottabad added 50 to their Friday’s total of 363 for six.

Scoreboard

ABBOTTABAD (1st Innings, overnight 363-6):

Ahmed Said lbw b Faisal 4

Mohammad Naeem b Faisal 0

Sajid Rasheed lbw b Faiz 35

Adnan Raees c Faisal b Naseer 41

Bilal Marwat b Jalat 69

Sajid Shah lbw b Naseer 43

Wajid Ali not out 100

Riaz Kail c Hameed b Faisal 42

Nasir Jalil b Arun Lal 10

Mohammad Siddique run out 4

Dilawar Khan not out 0

EXTRAS (B-23, LB-18, W-15, NB-9) 65

TOTAL (all out, 134.3 overs) 413

FALL OF WKTS: 1-9, 2-16, 3-87, 4-159, 5-226, 6-242, 7-369, 8-394, 9-399.

BOWLING: Faisal Irfan 33.3-6-83-3 (1w); Faiz Gohar 26-7-79-1 (2nb, 9w); Arun Lal 24-3-100-1 (3nb, 5w); Naseer Khan 31-9-76-2 (1nb); Umar Javed 4-1-3-0 (2nb); Jalat Khan 16-3-31-1 (1nb).

QUETTA (1st Innings):

Shoaib Khan lbw b Sajid 37

Hameedullah lbw b Nasir 0

Umar Javed lbw b Nasir 6

Sabir Hussain c Nasir b Dilawar 92

Shaukat Ali lbw b Sajid 2

Arun Lal c Ahmed Said b Riaz 22

Jalat Khan b Dilawar 9

Naseem Khan not out 17

Faisal Irfan st Ahmed Said b Dilawar 13

Naseer Khan c Siddique b Dilawar 3

Faiz Gohar c Ahmed Said b Dilawar 0

EXTRAS (B-12, LB-3, NB-12) 27

TOTAL (all out, 71.2 overs) 228

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-25, 3-66, 4-76, 5-145, 6-175, 7-185, 8-215, 9-225.

BOWLING: Nasir Jalil 16-1-59-2 (3nb); Sajid Shah 16-4-52-2 (4nb); Mohammad Siddique 14-5-43-0 (4nb); Dilawar Khan 19.2-4-42-5 (1nb); Riaz Kail 3-0-8-1; Adnan Raees 3-0-9-0.

QUETTA (2nd Innings, following-on):

Shoaib Khan not out 0

Hameedullah not out 0

EXTRAS 0

TOTAL (for no wkt, 0.1 over) 0

BOWLING (to-date): Sajid Shah 0.1-0-0-0.—Agencies