Moin slams hurricane century

Published December 6, 2004

LAHORE, Dec 5: A hurricane century by Test discarded Moin Khan helped Karachi Whites earn a big 272-run lead against Sialkot in Quaid-i-Azam Trophy at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot on Sunday.

Moin, who has been dropped from Australian's tour despite being the only experienced wicket-keeper available for the team, hit 169-ball 162 as Karachi Whites were 670-9 when stumps were drawn for the day.

Karachi Whites resumed the innings at 282 for three while giving reply to Sialkot first innings total of 398. Moin dominated with the bat and hit 23 boundaries and two sixes to prove his form and fitness to the selectors.

Moin with Rizwan Saeed (85, 11 fours, two fours, 92 balls) added 133 runs in seventh wicket stand. Moin was eventually caught by Zahid Saeed off part-time off-spiner Shahid Yousaf.

Earlier, the overnight Muhammad Farrukh who resumed at 117 was out for 145 cracking 25 fours off 252 balls. Medium-pacer Sarfraz Ahmed and Zahid Saeed took four wickets each but they paid 181 and 190 runs, respectively.

SCOREBOARD

SIALKOT (1st innings) 398 for all (Bilal Hussain 117, Sarfraz Ahmed 84; Rizwan Saeed 4-91):

KARACHI WHITES (1st innings, overnight 282 for three):

Agha Sabir b Sarfraz 10

Khurram Manzoor c Sarfraz b Zahid 31

Muhammad Farrukh c Faisal b Sarfraz 145

Faisal Iqbal c Shahzad b Zahid 83

Zeeshan Pervaiz b Zahid 44

Moin Khan c Zahid b Shahid 162

Mansoor Baig c Khalid b Sarfraz 60

Rizwan Saeed c Naved b Zahid 85

Tahir Khan c Khalid b Sarfraz 15

Rajesh Ramesh batting 1

Imranullah batting 0

EXTRAS (B-9, LB-9, W-5, NB-11) 34

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 159 overs) 670

FALL OF WKTS: 1-30, 2-69, 3-242, 4-326, 5-338, 6-481, 7-614, 8- 662.

BOWLING: Sarfraz Ahmed 55-12-181-4; Ali Imran Pasha 25-2-119-0; Zahid Saeed 44-6-190-4; Faisal Naved 12-1-43-0; Bilal Hussain 4.5-0-21-0; Shahid Yousaf 7.1-0-34-1; Imran Nazir 11-0-64-0.