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KRL gained a 42-run first innings lead despite a fiery pace bowling by PIA's Umar Gul here on Monday, the third day of their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Group-IV match.

Saeed Anwar Jr was unlucky to miss his century by just seven runs as KRL, who were 171 for five overnight, were bowled out for 238.

Pacer Aizaz bin Ilyas ended what was a fine innings from Saeed having him caught by Moin for 93, a knock that took him 174 balls.

Umar Gul's pace created problems for the KRL batsmen, playing on their home ground, as he picked up four wickets for the day to finish with six for 97. Najaf Shah and Aizaz, both claimed two wickets apiece.

At the close of play, PIA in their second innings were one without loss in 3.2 overs with Kamran Sajid having opened his account. With him at the crease was Ghulam Ali.

Meanwhile, Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL), helped by half centuries from Hafiz Majid, Faisal Naved and Javed Hayat, zoomed past Rawalpindi to take a massive 178-run first innings lead in their match at Pindi Cricket Stadium.

Starting the third day at the overnight 82 for two, ZTBL were a comfortable 311 for eight at the close of play.

Rawalpindi had managed a paltry 133 in their first innings Sunday. There had been no play on the first day.

Opener Hafiz Majid cracked a patient 83 while Faisal (62) and Javed (57) made valuable contributions down the order to boost the ZTBL total.

Mohammad Akram and Mohammad Fayyaz were the chief wicket- takers, sharing six wickets between them.

On a curtailed day's play at Peshawar's Arbab Niaz Stadium, Karachi Blues fought back to bowl out Peshawar for 125 in the second innings.

Bad light prevented any play at 2.02pm when Karachi Blues had scored seven for one in pursuit of a target of 252. Hopes of any play on Tuesday look bleak because since late afternoon it was raining in Peshawar till the time of filing this report.

Scoreboard

PIA (Ist Innings) 196 (Kamran Sajid 52, Bazid Khan 45; Jaffar Nazir 5-44).

KRL (Ist Innings, overnight 171-5):

Ali Naqvi c Mahmood b Najaf 1

Mohammad Ramzan lbw b Umar 6

Naved Ashraf lbw b Umar 0

Intikhab Alam c Moin b Aizaz 42

Saeed bin Nasir c Ghulam Ali b Najaf 0

Saeed Anwar Jr c Moin b Aizaz 93

Yasir Arafat c Moin b Umar 29

Zulfiqar Jan c Moin b Umar 11

Jaffar Nazir c Kamran b Umar 26

Faisal Afridi c Moin b Umar 16

Mohammad Asif not out 3

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-3, W-2, NB-1) 11

TOTAL (all out, 81.4 overs) 238

FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-7, 3-18, 4-21, 5-110, 6-171, 7-187, 8-187, 9-211.

BOWLING: Umar Gul 31.4-8-97-6; Najaf Shah 23-5-60-2; Aizaz bin Ilyas 19-10-54-2; Kamran Sajid 5-1-14-0; Asif Mujtaba 3-1-5-0.

Brief scores of other Group-IV matches:

*At Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi:

RAWALPINDI 133 in 33.5 overs (Babar Naeem 91; Rao Iftikhar 4-37, Saad Janjua 3-22, Mubashir Nazir 3-36);

ZTBL 311-8 in 89 overs (Hafiz Majid 83, Faisal Naved 62, Javed Hayat 57; Mohammad Akram 3-62, Mohammad Fayyaz 3-59, Saad Altaf 2-78).

*At Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar:

PESHAWAR 414 in 93 overs (Jahangir Khan 168, Mohammad Fayyaz 68; Anees Shaikh 3-89, Tariq Haroon 2-38, Jaffar Qureshi 2-93)and 125 in 37.2 overs (Imranullah 4-48, Sharif Asadullah 3-60, Ali Mohammad 2-12);

KARACHI BLUES 288 in 62.4 overs (Sajid Hanif 91, Khurram Manzoor 73, Imranullah 53; Nauman Habib 4-80, Janisar Khan 2-45, Asif Khan 2-64)

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