LAHORE, Oct 22: Enterprising batting by Test rejects Wajahatullah Wasti and Ijaz Ahmed Junior, who shared a third wicket partnership of 111, enabled Allied Bank reach 233 for five in reply to Sui Gas’ first innings score of 255 on the second day of the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I tie at LCCA Ground Monday.

Aaley Haider (27) and wicket-keeper Humayun Farhat further consolidated ABL’s position during the unbroken sixth wicket partnership that has so far realized 43 runs.

Wajahat and Ijaz came together after openers Mohammad Nawaz (21) and the left-handed Usman Tariq (34) were out with 65 on the board.

 Wajahat hit eight fours and faced 157 balls in 189-minute 66 while Ijaz laced his knock with seven boundaries in his 155-ball 60 in a stay of 182 minutes.

Off-spinner Kashif Shafi picked up three for 87 while paceman Azhar Abbas and left-arm spinner Mohammad Hussain claimed  one wicket each for 28 and 52 runs, respectively.

Earlier, Sui Gas resumed their first innings in the morning at 232 for seven and lost the remaining wickets for the addition of just 33 runs.

Left-arm spinner Mohammad Zahid finished with four for 84, paceman Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan three for 70 and Test off-spinner Arshad Khan two for 59.

Scoreboard

SUI GAS (1st Innings, overnight 232-7):

Kamran Sajid c Nawaz b Zahid 31

Fareed Butt c Ijaz b Naveed 31

Ali Raza c Arshad b Zahid 16

Ali Hussain c Wajahat b Naveed 23

Sohail Idrees lbw b Naveed 10

Saleem Mughal c Humayun b Zahid 48

M. Hussain c Usman b Arshad 38

Raza Khan c Humayun b Zahid 20

Abdur Rauf run out 4

Kashif Shafi c Humayun b Arshad 11

Azhar Abbas not out 4

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-13, NB-5) 19

TOTAL (all out, 100.3 overs) 255

FALL OF WKTS: 1-45, 2-77, 3-98, 4-120, 5-121, 6-187, 7-231, 8-240, 9-241.

BOWLING: Aqib Javed 11-4-17-0; Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 20-5-70-3; Arshad Khan 38.3-14-59-2; Mohammad Zahid Sr 28-2-84-4; Usman Tariq 3-0-11-0.

ALLIED BANK (1st Innings):

Mohammad Nawaz b Azhar 21

Usman Tariq c M. Hussain b Kashif 34

Ijaz Ahmed Jr c A. Hussain b M. Hussain 60

Wajahatullah Wasti c M. Hussain b Kashif 66

Aamir Hanif c and b Kashif 0

Aaley Haider not out 27

Humayun Farhat not out 23

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-1) 2

TOTAL (for five wkts, 77 overs) 233

FALL OF WKTS: 1-43, 2-65, 3-176, 4-177, 5-190.

TO BAT: Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan, Arshad Khan, Aqib Javed, Mohammad Zahid Sr.

BOWLING (to-date): Abdur Rauf 11-0-54-0; Azhar Abbas 10-3-28-1; Kashif Shafi 22-1-87-3; Mohammad Hussain 29-15-52-1; Raza Khan 5-0-10-0.