Bahawalpur fight back

Published January 17, 2002

KARACHI, Jan 16: Bahawalpur made a spirited start by reaching 198 for three after Gujranwala set them 421 for victory on the third day of the Quaid Trophy tie at Bahawalpur Stadium Tuesday.

According to details available here, Usman Tariq (75) and skipper Bilal Khilji (46) were at the crease at stumps.

Earlier, Gujranwala declared their second innings at 372 for nine after resuming at 254 for three. Mohammad Zahid, the left-arm spinner, claimed six for 106.

Scoreboard

GUJRANWALA (1st Innings) 143 (Rizwan Malik 100 not out; Murtaza Hussain 5-71).

BAHAWALPUR (1st Innings) 95 (Ghulam Murtaza 5-21).

GUJRANWALA (2nd Innings, overnight 254-3):

Faisal Butt lbw b Imran 26

Mudassar Mushtaq b Imran 0

Rizwan Malik run out 99

Majid Saeed c Bilal b Zahid 128

Tariq Javed not out 60

Hafiz Khalid b Zahid 11

Abdul Rehman st Inam b Zahid 10

Sarfraz Ahmed c Asif b Zahid 22

Mubashir Nazir c Asif b Zahid 3

Ghulam Murtaza st Inam b Zahid 2

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-5, NB-4) 11

TOTAL (for nine dec, 99.4 overs) 372

FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-48, 3-254, 4-266, 5-291, 6-313, 7-319, 8-359, 9-372.

BOWLING: Imran Adil 12-0-53-2; Murtaza Hussain 35-1-115-0; Imranullah Aslam 16-3-66-0; Mohammad Zahid 29.4-4-106-6; Usman Tariq 7-0-25-0.

BAHAWALPUR (2nd Innings):

Hammad Tariq lbw b Murtaza 11

M. Rashid c Khalid b Mubashir 0

Asif Iqbal c and b A. Rehman 51

Usman Tariq not out 75

Bilal Khilji not out 46

EXTRAS (B-12, LB-1, NB-2) 15

TOTAL (for three wkts, 52 overs) 198

FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-23, 3-133.

BOWLING (to-date): Mubashir Nazir 10-3-26-1; Ghulam Murtaza 13-2-51-1; Sarfraz Ahmed 12-5-37-0; Abdul Rehman 12-0-47-1; Majid Saeed 5-0-24-0.

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