KARACHI, Dec 27: Young medium pacer Rajesh Ramesh checked Karachi Whites progress taking five wicketds for 91 as Pak PWD restricted the home team to 283 for eight wickets on the opening day of their Quaid-e-Azam Trophy grade-I match at National Stadium on Friday.

For Karachi Whites Faisal Mirza and Irfanuddin put on 66 for the unfinished ninth wicket after they had slumped to 217.

Earlier opener Agha Sabir struck a fine 52 with six hits to the ropes.

SCOREBOARD

KARACHI WHITES (Ist innings)

Agha Sabir c Afsar b Rajesh 52

Maisam Hasnain lbw b Rajesh 31

Waseem Naeem c and B Rauf 11

Asim Kamal lbw b Rajesh 37

Muhammad Masroor lbw b Rauf 31

Fahadullah c Aftab b Rajesh 11

Amin-ur-Rehman c Afsar b Rajeshg 15

Faisal Mirza not out 34

Ovais Athar c Ahmer b Aftab 9

Irfanuddin not out 28

EXTRAS (b12, lb8, w1, nb3) 24

TOTAL (for 8 wkts in 83 overs) 283

FALL OF WKTS: 1-69, 2-98, 3-101, 4-163, 5-185, 6-185, 7-201, 8-217

BOWLING: Shakeel-ur-Rehman 21-6-55-0, Rauf Akber 22-6-53-2, Aftab Ahmed 17-1-55-1, Rajesh Ramesh 20-1-91-5, Iqbal Imam 4-0-9-0.

UMPIRES: Athar Zaidi and Iftikhar Malik.

MATCH REFEREE: Fahim Alvi

AT ARBAB NIAZ STADIUM, PESHAWAR

Peshawar 144 (Zeeshan Mohsin 64 n.o., Umar Gul 3-65, Shoaib Malik 5-27, Aizaz bin Ilyas 2-9)

PIA 54 for 2 (Ghulam Ali 27 n.o.)