KARACHI, April 3: Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) took early advantage of their Pentangular Cup fixture against NWFP-Balochistan after bowling out the combined outfit for a modest first-innings total of 221 at the UBL Sports Complex here on Tuesday.
Yasir Arafat, the pace bowling all-rounder, grabbed three for 38 while medium-pacer Akhtar Ayub claimed two for 27 after KRL skipper Mohammad Wasim chose to send NWFP-Balochistan into bat.
The only man to make worthwhile contribution for NWFP-Balochistan was Janisar Khan who finished 92 not out. His 158-ball innings contained 13 boundaries and one six.
By close of play on day one, KRL were 58 for no wicket.
Scoreboard
NWFP-BALOCHISTAN (1st Innings):
Shoaib Khan Jr c Zulfiqar b Yasir 16
Yasir Hameed c Zulfiqar b Akhtar 27
Umar Javed b Yasir 0
Shoaib Khan Sr c Saeed b Akhtar 14
Riaz Kail c Ashar b Yasir 0
Ahmed Said c and b Azhar 30
Janisar Khan not out 92
Faisal Irfan c sub b Saeed Ajmal 16
Arshad Khan run out 13
Dilawar Khan lbw b Ashar 3
Shakeel-ur-Rehman run out 0
EXTRAS (B-9, NB-2) 11
TOTAL (all out, 71.5 overs) 221
FALL OF WKTS: 1-44, 2-44, 3-45, 4-53, 5-63, 6-139, 7-175, 8-194, 9-213.
BOWLING: Yasir Arafat 12-2-38-3 (1nb); Jaffar Nazir 5-1-24-0 (1nb); Akhtar Ayub 10-4-27-2; Bilal Asad 1-0-4-0; Saeed Ajmal 21.5-2-70-1; Ashar Zaidi 11-2-20-1; Azhar Ali 7-0-15-1; Saeed Anwar 4-2-14-0.
KRL (1st Innings):
Saeed Anwar not out 24
Azhar Ali not out 21
EXTRAS (B-6, LB-1, W-6) 13
TOTAL (for no wkt, 16 overs) 58
TO BAT: Bilal Asad, Saeed bin Nasir, Mohammad Wasim, Ashar Zaidi, Yasir Arafat, Zulfiqar Jan, Jaffar Nazir, Saeed Ajmal, Akhtar Ayub.
BOWLING (to-date): Shakeel-ur-Rehman 4-0-22-0 (1w); Faisal Irfan 5-1-11-0 (1w); Arshad Khan 4-0-9-0; Dilawar Khan 3-0-9-0.
UMPIRES: Nadeem Ghauri and Ahsan Raza.
MATCH REFEREE: Abdul Sami Khan.
OFFICIAL SCORER: Muhammad Ahsan.