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Day 3: Peshawar stage a come back against LCCA

LAHORE, Feb 12: Spirited unbeaten knock by Akhtar Sarfraz (138) and fiery bowling by pacer Kabir Khan (4/42) brought Peshawar back in the Quaid-i-Azam Cricket Trophy Grade One match against LCCA on the penultimate day at the Gaddafi Stadium on Friday.

Peshawar which conceded 107-run lead, resumed their second innings in the morning with alarming position of 187 for six--80 runs in deficit of avoiding innings defeat. But Akhtar Sarfraz's knock helped them to finish the innings at mounting total of 388 and set a hard winning target of 282 for the LCCA team.

At stumps, Test bowler Kabir Khan further dented the LCCA team to reduce it in the second innings to 99 for five, with top scorer of first innings Intikhab Alam batting (25, five fours) and Irfan Munawar (19, four boundaries). The LCCA team still needs daunting target of 183 for win with five wickets intact.

Skipper Babar Zaman (19), Hafeez Qureshi (9), Tariq Mahmood (9) and Fareed Butt (00) lost wickets by playing reckless shots.

Akhtar Sarfraz who had injured his leg in a road accident on Thursday batted with a runner, and rose to the occasion as he first save his team from certain defeat and then put it on winning track.

Sarfraz who resumed at 35 scored unbeaten 138 with the help of 17 fours. He batted for 346 minutes and faced 267 balls. Had other overnight batsman and Test off-spinner Arshad Khan (37, five fours) and batting at ninth position Kabir Khan (48, six fours) not assist Akhtar Sarfraz from the other end, the Peshawar team could not collect the formidable total.

Sarfraz and Arshad Khan's seventh wicket partnership produced fine 85 runs in 104 minutes. Sarfraz and Kabir Khan's ninth wicket collaboration yielded another useful and rapid 111 runs in 92 minutes.

Babar Zaman who claimed five wickets on Thursday remained wicketless on Friday for conceding 68 runs. Pacer Waqas Ahmad finished with two for 95 while Naeem Ashraf paid 114 runs for one wicket.