LAHORE, Feb 8: A determined all-round performance by Mohammad Hussain led a superb fight back by holders Lahore Blues on the second day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I match against Rest of NWFP at LCCA Ground Friday.
The all-rounder Hussain first excelled with the ball, taking six for 60 to restrict the visitors to 242 in the first innings in reply to Lahore Blues’ 105.
Hussain then thrived with the bat by scoring an unbeaten 93 as the Blues reached 312 for seven in their second innings. Hussain’s gutsy knock gives the champions a lead of 175 runs.
Hussain stroked 10 fours and three sixes in his 98-ball innings. Humayun Farhat contributed 51 off 38 balls while helping Hussain put on 91 in 51 minutes.
Skipper Saleem Elahi (70) and Zia-ur-Rehman (51) had earlier lifted the Blues out of trouble after the first four wickets had gone for 74 runs.
Elahi belted 12 fours and one six and faced 98 balls while Zia laced his 80-ball knock of 51 with 10 fours and one six.
LAHORE BLUES (1st Innings) 105 (Sajid Shah 7-44).
REST OF NWFP (1st Innings, overnight 210-6):
Ahmed Said c Imran b Sajid 0
Mohsinuddin c Imran b Mudassar 10
Ibrahim Afridi lbw b Sajid 14
Asmatullah c Sohail b Hussain 16
Mohammad Fayyaz lbw b Hussain 56
Bilal Marwat c Salman b Hussain 68
Adnan Raees b Hussain 26
Noorul Amin not out 9
Sajid Shah c Saleem b Sajid 0
Riaz Afridi c Humayun b Hussain 0
Yasir Shah c Humayun b Hussain 6
EXTRAS (B-18, LB-8, W-6, NB-5) 37
TOTAL (all out, 61.1 overs) 242
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-20, 3-48, 4-72, 5-82, 6-197. 7-216, 8-217, 9-218.
BOWLING: Sajid Ali 19-3-66-3; Mudassar Mahboob 5-1-21-1; Mohammad Hussain 25.1-9-60-6; Azhar Ali 3-0-19-0; Imran Farhat 8-0-50-0; Sohail Idrees 1-1-0-0.
LAHORE BLUES (2nd innings):
Imran Farhat lbw b Sajid 4
Salman Butt c Ibrahim b Riaz 0
Saleem Elahi c Ahmed b Noorul 70
Bazid Khan c Ahmed b Sajid 17
Sohail Idrees c Ibrahim b Noorul 8
Zia-ur-Rehman c Fayyaz b Sajid 55
Mohammad Hussain not out 93
Humayun Farhat c Adnan b Noorul 51
Azhar Ali not out 3
EXTRAS (LB-4, NB-7) 11
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 64 overs) 312
FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-4, 3-40, 4-74, 5-140, 6-184, 7-275.
BOWLING (to-date): Sajid Shah 16-2-76-3; Riaz Afridi 11-2-49-1; Noorul Amin 22-2-81-3; Yasir Shah 5-0-44-0; Bilal Marwat 9-0-49-0; Muhammad Fayyaz 2-1-9-0.