da fezbet： Centuries by Farhan Adil and Asim Kamal gave Karachi Blues afirst innings lead of 146 on the third day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I fixture against Rest of Balochistan atKCCA Stadium here Thursday
11-Jan-2002Centuries by Farhan Adil and Asim Kamal gave Karachi Blues afirst innings lead of 146 on the third day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I fixture against Rest of Balochistan atKCCA Stadium here Thursday.The inexperienced Balochistan side then laboured through thefinal session to score a mere 27 runs in 24 overs. SabirHussain (9) and Azizullah (11) have so far negotiated 72balls each. Such was the state of play that a couple ofcricket die-hards were found dozing off under the trees.Balochistan’s innings, however, got off to a dramatic start.Mohammad Javed started with a wide that went to theboundary. But with the first legitimate delivery, the Bluesskipper trapped Ali Ahmed LBW for a duck.Earlier, Asim completed a well-deserved hundred, havingresumed at 86. He finally perished for 104 off 246 balls,made in 328 minutes and laced with nine fours and one six.The brightest batting came from Farhan Adil and Javed.Farhan (21 overnight) stroked 124 off 258 balls in justunder five hours. His knock was spiced with 11 fours andthree sixes.Javed remained unbeaten with 64 off 149 balls with fiveboundaries. The sixth-wicket stand between Farhan and Javedwas worth 128 runs in as many minutes.