DUBAI, Jan 19: Medium-pacers Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan and Najaf Shah shared seven wickets between as Pakistan ‘A’ restrict Emirates Cricket Board XI to 227 in their first innings on the opening day of a two-day match at Dubai Cricket Council Ground on Sunday.
Naveed finished with four for 54 from 12 overs while Najaf took three for 22 in eight overs.
Pakistan ‘A’ were 79 for the loss of opener Salman Butt (2) and Saeed bin Nasir (33) to medium-pacer Asim Saeed.
Shadab Kabir was batting on a fluent 41 which included four boundaries, With him at the crease was Farhan Adil on one.
Earlier, Pakistan A’ captain Shoaib Malik elected to field first on a relatively cold day.
Pakistan ‘A’ made four changes to the team that won the opening fixture by an innings and 148 runs. Imran Farhat, Naved Latif, Umar Gul and Yasir Arafat were replaced by Salman Butt, Saeed bin Nasir, Abdul Rauf and Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan.
Opener Asim Saeed top-scored for ECB XI with 45, which was laced with three boundaries.
ECB XI (1st Innings):
Asim Saeed c and b Naveed 45
Arshad Ali c Usman b Najaf 8
Syed Maqsood b Naveed 29
Khurram Khan c Danish b Shoaib 14
Fahad Usmani c Shoaib b Najaf 28
Mahmood Bakhsh lbw b Naveed 6
Naeemuddin b Najaf 5
Manik de Silva c Salman b Rauf 16
Ali Asad c Naveed b Junaid 26
Mohammad Nadeem not out 16
Ausaf Ali c Atiq b Naveed 8
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-1, W-3, NB-18) 26
TOTAL (all out, 66 overs) 227
FALL OF WKTS: 1-16, 2-80, 3-107, 4-125, 5-135, 6-154, 7-155, 8-200, 9-202.
BOWLING: Abdul Rauf 9-2-49-1; Najaf Shah 8-2-22-3; Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 12-0-54-4; Junaid Zia 9-3-14-1; Danish Kaneria 11-1-22-0; Shoaib Malik 17-2-56-1.
PAKISTAN ‘A’ (1st Innings):
Shadab Kabir not out 41
Salman Butt c Nadeem b Asim 2
Saeed bin Nasir c Fahad b Asim 33
Farhan Adil not out 1
EXTRAS (LB-1, NB-1) 2
TOTAL (for two wkts, 22 overs) 79
FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-75.
BOWLING (to-date): Ali Asad 8-1-26-0; Asim Saeed 11-1-37-2; Syed Maqsood 3-0-15-0.—APP