LAHORE, Feb 7: Mohammad Wasim and Babar Naeem hit half-centuries as Rawalpindi piled up 330 against Lahore Shalimar on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League fixture at the LCCA Ground on Wednesday.
Wasim scored 75 with 10 boundaries while Babar hit 63 with two sixes and five fours as Rawalpindi overcame a shaky. Yasim Murtaza (42, five fours, one six) and Najaf Shah also made useful contributions while putting on 66 for the last wicket.
Lahore Shalimar, who are on verge of being relegated to Silver League next season, were 15 for one at close of play.
Scoreboard
RAWALPINDI (1st Innings):
Sajid Mahmood b Khalil 2
Babar Naeem b Khalil 63
Usman Saeed c Salman b Junaid 17
Naved Qureshi lbw b Hussain 15
Mohammad Wasim c Imran b Khalil 75
Pervez Aziz c Junaid b Irfan 8
Awais Zia c Khalil b Imran 36
Sohail Tanvir b Hussain 10
Yasir Arafat c Irfan b Imran 11
Yasim Murtaza lbw b Salman 42
Najaf Shah not out 31
EXTRAS (B-8, LB-2, W-3, NB-7) 20
TOTAL (all out, 79.1 overs) 330
FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-31, 3-81, 4-116, 5-136, 6-205, 7-235, 8-251, 9-264.
BOWLING: Mohammad Khalil 19-3-57-3 (2nb); Junaid Zia 18-2-73-1; Mohammad Hussain 14-3-57-2; Irfan Fazil 13-0-73-1 (5nb); Salman Butt 8.1-0-31-1; Imran Farhat 7-1-29-2.
LAHORE SHALIMAR (1st Innings):
Ashfaq Ahmed c Sajid b Yasir 0
Ahmed Shahzad not out 7
Salman Butt not out 6
EXTRAS (LB-1, W-1) 2
TOTAL (for one wkt, 4.1 overs) 15
FALL OF WKT: 1-0.
TO BAT: Imran Farhat, Ashraf Ali, Aamir Sajjad, Humayun Farhat, Mohammad Hussain, Junaid Zia, Irfan Fazil, Mohammad Khalil.
BOWLING (to-date): Yasir Arafat 2.1-1-5-1; Najaf Shah 2-0-9-0 (1nb, 1w).
UMPIRES: Afzaal Ahmed and Shakeel Khan.
MATCH REFEREE: Abdul Sami Khan.
OFFICIAL SCORER: Saeed Najam-us-Saeed.