da pinup bet： Afghanistan were facing innings defeat after Mardan sentthem on a leather chase on the first day of the two-dayQuaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-II match at Gymkhana ground inPeshawar
28-Oct-2001Afghanistan were facing innings defeat after Mardan sentthem on a leather chase on the first day of the two-dayQuaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-II match at Gymkhana ground inPeshawar.Batting first, Mardan rattled up 382 for five and then leftAfghanistan tottering at 96 for eight in 30 overs.Mardan opener Sajjad Ahmad slammed a 150-ball 126 andfeatured in a 81-run opening stand with Nair Zada who scored27. But the innings got the real impetus from Adnan Raeeswho hammered an undefeated 61-ball 101.Allah Dad, who has been the most productive Afghanistanbowler, suffered the most when he went for 107 runs from his18.2 wicketless overs. Daulat Khan snapped up three wicketsfor 64 runs from seven overs.When Afghanistan batted, they were left guessing by Noor-ul-Amin who picked up four wickets for 25 runs. Adnan Raeesbagged two for 14.Alam Khan was fighting a lost battle when he was 38 not outat stumps. Daulat Khan (21) and Asif Hashmi (11) were theother batsmen to reach double figures.In the last round matches in Pool A Group I, Larkana scored286 for nine against Jacobabad who finished the day at 64for one at the Asghar Ali Stadium.At the Nawabshah Cricket Stadium, Nawabshah were dismissedfor 203 in 60.5 overs by Shikarpur who ended the day at 89for four.In Peshawar, Abdul Salam’s unbeaten knock of 111 helped Fatato 293 for five against Abbottabad at Arbab Niaz CricketStadium.In reply, Abbottabad were 80 for five in 23 overs.