da 888： Karachi, Nov 16: A century partnership between Faisal Iqbal and FarhanAdil lifted Karachi Blues to 238 for six in their first inningsagainst Peshawar on the opening day of the Quaid-i-Azam TrophyNational Grade-I Cricket Championship match at the
17-Nov-2000Karachi, Nov 16: A century partnership between Faisal Iqbal and FarhanAdil lifted Karachi Blues to 238 for six in their first inningsagainst Peshawar on the opening day of the Quaid-i-Azam TrophyNational Grade-I Cricket Championship match at the UBL Sports Complexhere on Thursday.Faisal and Farhan put on exactly 100 for the fifth-wicket in 111minutes after the Blues had lost four wickets for 98 runs.Faisal, the 18-year-old nephew of former Pakistan captain and presentcoach Javed Miandad, played some exquisite shots in making 71 off 159balls. His 191-minute included nine fours. He was the sixth man outwhen he was caught in the covers.Farhan also posted his fifty but after making 53 off 99 balls in 111minutes, he was bowled by slow left-armer Mohammad Aslam Qureshi.Farhan’s innings was laced with five hits to the fence.Aslam, in fact, turned out to be the most successful bowler afterKarachi Blues skipper and Test discard Rashid Latif elected to batfirst upon winning the toss. Aslam has so far captured four for 60while Test off-spinner Arshad Khan has claimed two for 89.Openers Maisam Hasnain and Afsar Nawaz were out in identical fashionafter making 17 each.But Nomanullah (11) and the left-handed Asim Kamal (32 off 50 ballswith four fours) were extremely unhappy at being adjudged out toPeshawar captain Arshad Khan. Noman was caught behind by Shoaib Khanwhile Asim was ‘caught’ at silly-point by Riffatullah.