ISLAMABAD: Abbottabad appeared to be on their way to an innings defeat, as they lost seven first innings wickets with only 82 runs on the board, on the second day of their four-day, first round 49th Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Cricket Championship Silver League match against Islamabad, here at the Diamond Club Ground on Sunday.
Facing a mammoth Islamabad score of 526 for six declared, the weak Abbottabad batting requires another 295 runs just to avert the follow-on.
Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, fighting to regain form and fitness in his bid to return to the national team, didn’t encounter much difficulty in snaring three Abbottabad wickets for 21 runs in the eight overs he bowled. Zafar Jadoon and Riaz Kail succumbed to him without scoring.
The four other wickets were equally shared by Pakistan all-rounders Rao Iftikhar and Azhar Mahmood. Islamabad are now looking towards wrapping up the match with more than a day to spare.
Earlier, after top-scorer Atif Ashraf (177) was dismissed without adding to his overnight total, Bilal Asad became the third century-maker of the Islamabad innings. The 28-year-old attained the ninth ton of his first-class career, his runs coming off just 150 balls in a little over three hours with 22 fours and two sixes.
Scoreboard
Abbottabad won toss
Islamabad 1st inns (overnight 350-1)
Afaq Rahim c Ahmed Said b Sajid Shah 121
Atif Ashraf c Bilal b Siddiq 177
Bilal Asad c Ahmed Said b Nasir 148
Bazid Khan lbw b Nasir 0
Ashar Zaidi c Ahmed Said b Siddiq 20
Mohammad Altaf not out 25
Azhar Mahmood c Adnan b Sajid Shah 9
Extras (lb9, w1, nb16) 26
Total (6 wkts dec, 135.4 overs) 526
Did not bat: †Naeem Anjum, *Rao Iftikhar, Shoaib Akhtar, Zohaib Ahmed
Fall: 1-285, 2-353, 3-360, 4-444, 5-503, 6-526
Bowling: Sajid Shah 26.4-3-84-2 (7nb); Nasir Jalil 27.4-9-80-2; Mohammad Siddiq 27-5-90-2 (8nb, 1w); Dilawar Khan 34-0-185-0 (1nb); Bilal Marwat 5.2-0-31-0; Riaz Kail 6-0-25-0; Mohammad Naeem 3-1-10-0; Adnan Raees 6-1-12-0
Abbottabad 1st inns
†Ahmed Said lbw b Iftikhar 4
Mohammad Naeem c Iftikhar b Shoaib 14
Sajid Rasheed lbw b Azhar 24
Zafar Jadoon c Naeem b Shoaib 0
Riaz Kail c Ashar b Shoaib 0
Adnan Raees c Naeem b Iftikhar 18
Bilal Marwat lbw b Azhar 12
*Sajid Shah batting 4
Nasir Jalil batting 0
Extras (lb1, w1, nb4) 6
Total (7 wkts, 27 overs) 82
To bat: Mohammad Siddiq, Dilawar Khan
Fall: 1-17, 2-23, 3-24, 4-28, 5-65, 6-69, 7-82
Bowling: Shoaib Akhtar 8-2-21-3; Rao Iftikhar 8-4-13-2; Zohaib Ahmed 5-0-28-0 (3nb); Azhar Mahmood 6-0-19-2 (1nb)
Umpires: Mian Aslam and Zaheer Ahmed. Match referee: Abdul Sami Khan. Official scorer: Nadeem Akhtar
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