Fine centuries by Taufiq, Hasan

Published February 24, 2005

LAHORE, Feb 23: Chance less centuries by Test opener Taufiq Umar and skipper Hasan Raza enabled Habib Bank to take first innings lead with six wickets in hand against Pakistan Customs on the second day of the Patron's Trophy Pool 'B' match at the Qadhafi Stadium on Wednesday.

Taufiq, who resumed at 22 in his team's score of 36 for one, made 120 while Hasan is still at the crease with 107 as the bankers finished the day 315 for four in reply to Customs' first innings total of 298.

Taufiq, who hit 18 fours in his 176-ball innings, was involved in two big partnerships. After adding 89 for the second wicket with Riffatullah (34), the left-hander put on 106 for the third wicket with Hasan. Test discard Hasan, who had so far batted for almost four hours, also struck 18 boundaries during his 181-ball knock

SCOREBOARD

PAKISTAN CUSTOMS (1st Innings) 298 (Azhar Shafiq 72; Abdul Rahman 4-58).

HABIB BANK (1st Innings, overnight 36-1):

Imran Farhat lbw b Kamran 13

Taufiq Umar c and b John 120

Riffatullah run out 34

Hasan Raza not out 107

Farhan Adil c Azhar b John 10

Abdul Rahman c Kamran b Imran 12

Farhan Iqbal not out 10

EXTRAS (LB-3, W-1, NB-5) 9

TOTAL (for five wkts, 84.1 overs) 315

FALL OF WKTS: 1-36, 2-125, 3-231, 4-242, 5-284.

TO BAT: Sajid Shah, Shahid Nazir, Danish Kaneria, Kabir Khan.

BOWLING (to-date): Kamran Hussain 18.1-4-62-1 (4nb); Imran Ali 17-4-81-1; Stephen John 17-6-55-2 (1nb, 1w); Azhar Shafiq 4-1-29-0; Mohtashim Rasheed 24-6-62-0; Fawad Alam 2-0-11-0; Kashif Siddique 2-0-12-0.