KARACHI, Oct 9: Opener Imran Farhat blasted 160 off 197 deliveries to help Habib Bank pile up 348 for five in their first innings against Allied Bank in the Patron’s Trophy Grade-I clash at Sheikhupura Stadium Tuesday.
According to details available here, Imran, the 19-year-old Test left-hander, batted for 245 minutes and faced 197 balls. Together with Taufiq Umar, Imran shared a first wicket stand of 199 in 171 minutes.
Taufiq, the 20-year-old left-hander who made a century on Test debut against Bangladesh in August, negotiated 116 deliveries.
Hasan Raza is still at the crease with exactly 50 — off 8 balls — to his name alongwith Farhan Adil in the unfinished sixth wicket partnership that has so far realized 68.
Stand-in Habib Bank skipper Shahid Afridi, who won the toss, made just 14 while batting down the order.
HABIB BANK (1st Innings):
Imran Farhat c Humayun b Aqib 160
Taufiq Umer b Arshad 68
Saleem Elahi c Rashid b Ata 4
Younis Khan c Humayun b A. Nazir 15
Hasan Raza not out 50
Shahid Afridi c Ijaz Jr b A. Nazir 14
Farhan Adil not out 24
EXTRAS (LB-4, NB-9) 13
TOTAL (for five wkts, 87.3 overs) 348
FALL OF WKTS: 1-199, 2-225, 3-258, 4-263, 5-280.
TO BAT: Sajid Shah, Irfan Fazil, Kabir Khan, Danish Kaneria.
BOWLING (to-date): Ata-ur-Rehman 15.3-1-53-1; Aamir Nazir 24-3-102-2; Aqib Javed 15-2-55-1; Taimur Khan 9-3-18-0; Arshad Khan 21-1-100-1; Mohammad Nawaz 3-0-16-0.
ALLIED BANK: Mohammad Nawaz, Usman Tariq, Naved Latif, Ijaz Ahmed Jr, Aamir Hanif, Taimur Khan, Humayun Farhat, Ata-ur-Rehman, Aqib Javed (captain), Aamir Nazir.
UMPIRES: Siddique Khan and Ehtesham-ul-Haq.
MATCH REFEREE: Taslim Arif.