da realsbet： Karachi Whites placed themselves for a final assault after taking acommanding 347-run lead over Gujranwala on the penultimate day of theQuaid-i-Azam Trophy match at the National Stadium Tuesday
da poker： 23-Jan-2002Karachi Whites placed themselves for a final assault after taking acommanding 347-run lead over Gujranwala on the penultimate day of theQuaid-i-Azam Trophy match at the National Stadium Tuesday.When the stumps were drawn for the day, the home team, who secured aslender 16-run first innings lead, were 331 for six and looked all setto declare their innings Wednesday morning at the overnight score.That would leave them 83 overs to dismiss Gujranwala on a wicket whichhas shown signs of double pace but has still played excellently.Three half centuries propelled Karachi Whites reach a position wherethey can dictate terms.Saeed bin Nasir, who was overnight 20 in Karachi’s 43 for one, scoreda watchful 62 before being dismissed a stroke before lunch. His 113-ball innings included eight boundaries.The promising youngster added 94 runs for the second wicket in 154minutes with Ghulam Ali who contributed 43 after occupying the creasefor 163 minutes. He struck six boundaries.Mohammad Masroor, who missed his century by six runs in the firstinnings, chipped in with a valuable 53 that contained 11 hits to thefence. He faced 90 balls during his 107-minute knock. However, it wasthe innings from Imran Javed that place Karachi in a position fromwhere it can only lose the match if they bowl and field badly. TheNational Bank allrounder slammed 11 boundaries and a six in hisunbeaten 73 off 105 balls.Imran, who has two centuries in the tournament, has dominated a 62-rununbroken seventh wicket partnership with Mohammad Hasnain whosecontribution remains 18.Gujranwala bowlers bowled aggressively without real reward. Thefigures didn’t do any justice to Mubashir Nazir who bowled his heartout and made the Karachi batsmen to continuously think about. He endedwicketless from 24 overs conceding 82 runs.Karachi’s Arif Mahmood was one of Mubashir’s victims he was hit on theforehead while attempting to hook an extra fast delivery. Arif, whoescaped serious injury, walked off the field on his feet but wasvisibly shaken.Sarfaraz Ahmed, a wrong-footed left-armer, did bulk of the bowlingwhen he sent down 35 overs to finish with two for 111. Sarfaraz andMubashir could have picked more wickets had they been supported bytheir fielders who showed greasy palms. Some of the catches also fellin no man’s land.
