KARACHI, Jan 29: Openers Zeeshan Asif and Hasnain Haider missed their coveted hundreds but their efforts were enough to put Faisalabad in firm control of their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy quarterfinal against Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) at UBL Sports Complex on Wednesday.
Despite losing the last six wickets for just 28 runs, Faisalabad still managed to gain a substantial first innings lead of 117 runs and then had ZTBL reeling at 29 for two at stumps.
Zeeshan and Hasnain gave Faisalabad a dream start by putting together a first wicket partnership of 185 in 254 minutes off 286 balls before Hasnain went for 93, falling LBW to veteran slow left-armer Javed Hayat.
Hasnain hit only four boundaries in his 191-ball innings.
Zeeshan was caught at slip off leg-spinner Raheel Majeed, 13 short of a century. He batted for slightly over four hours and struck six fours in his 197-ball 87.
Sami-ul-Haq hammered eight boundaries in his unbeaten 57 off 77 balls. But the remaining batsmen came and went in quick successions.
Scoreboard
ZTBL (1st Innings) 173 (Zahoor Elahi 48; Adnan Rasool 5-62, Farooq Iqbal 5-63).
FAISALABAD (1st Innings, overnight 60-0):
Zeeshan Asif c Inam b Raheel 87
Hasnain Haider lbw b Javed 93
Asif Hussain lbw b Raheel 13
Ejaz Mehmood c Atif b Mubashir 10
Sami-ul-Haq not out 57
Mohammad Zaman c Khalid b Inam 13
Wasim Haider b Fahad 3
Farooq Iqbal b Fahad 1
Tauqir Hussain b Iftikhar 2
Adnan Rasool b Fahad 1
Moazzam Ali b Iftikhar 2
EXTRAS (LB-4, W-1, NB-1) 6
TOTAL (all out, 97.5 overs) 290
FALL OF WKTS: 1-185, 2-191, 3-204, 4-224, 5-262, 6-267, 7-269, 8-286, 9-287.
BOWLING: Mubashir Nazir 11-6-21-1; Rao Iftikhar 16.5-3-48-2; Fahad Masood 20-7-41-3; Javed Hayat 17-2-49-1; Raheel Majeed 19-2-76-2; Inam-ul-Haq 12-0-44-1; Faisal Naveed 2-0-7-0.
ZTBL (2nd Innings):
Inam-ul-Haq not out 6
Raheel Majeed lbw b Tauqir 8
Hafiz Majid lbw b Tauqir 10
Rao Iftikhar not out 1
EXTRAS (NB-4) 4
TOTAL (for two wkts, 8 overs) 29
FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 2-28.
BOWLING (to-date): Moazzam Ali 3-0-19-0; Tauqeer Hussain 4-1-10-2; Farooq Iqbal 1-1-0-0.—APP
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