da 888： A fiery burst from pacer Jaffar Nazir all but put Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) into the final of the Quaid-i-Azam National Cricket Championship after Faisalabad were forced to follow on at National Stadium here on Tuesday
Khalid H Khan05-Feb-2003A fiery burst from pacer Jaffar Nazir all but put Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) into the final of the Quaid-i-Azam National Cricket Championship after Faisalabad were forced to follow on at National Stadium here on Tuesday.Jaffar captured six for 31 in an unchanged spell of 17 overs from the University Road End to skittle out Faisalabad for 105 in their first innings on the second day of the four-day tie.Batting a second time with 231 runs in arrears, Faisalabad fared slightly better to reach 75 for three. Asif Hussain was holding the fort with a battling 38.KRL now have to wait until Thursday morning to complete an inevitable victory in this first semi-final after Wednesday’s unexpected rest day because of Kashmir Day.Faisalabad’s woes were further compounded by an injury to Mohammad Salman, normally a wicket-keeper but playing in this game as a batsman, who was unable to bat after requiring four stitches in his right hand.Salman was incapacitated while catching Naeem Akhtar in the slips as KRL added 73 to their overnight score of 263 for six.Wicket-keeper Zulfiqar Jan hammered 37 while putting 30 for the last wicket with Mohammad Asif.Barring any miracle, KRL’s opponents in the Feb 17-21 final, scheduled to be played at National Stadium, will be decided when PIA meet Rawalpindi in the second semifinal at UBL Sports Complex from Thursday.ScoreboardKRL (1st Innings), overnight 263-6):M. Ramzan c Asif b Moazzam 4Saeed Anwar Jr c Wasim b Moazzam 9Intikhab Alam lbw b Nadeem 20Saeed bin Nasir c Zaman b Tauqir 87Misbah-ul-Haq c Zaman b Moazzam 68Ali Naqvi lbw b Farooq 33Yasir Arafat run out 28Naeem Akhtar c Salman b Tauqir 19Zulfiqar Jan c Tauqir b Wasim 37Jaffar Nazir b Tauqir 4Mohammad Asif not out 10EXTRAS (B-4, LB-9, W-1, NB-3) 17TOTAL (all out, 100.5 overs) 336FALL OF WKTS: 7-268, 8-293, 9-306.BOWLING: Nadeem Afzal 23-5-56-1 (1nb); Moazzam Ali 26-3-102-3 (2nb); Tauqir Hussain 22-5-81-3 (1w); Farooq Iqbal 19-8-43-1; Zeeshan Asif 2-0-17-0; Wasim Haider 6.5-1-12-1; Asif Hussain 2-1-12-0.FAISALABAD (1st Innings);Zeeshan Asif lbw b Jaffar 5Hasnain Haider c Zulfiqar b Jaffar 4Asif Hussain lbw b Jaffar 2Mohammad Zaman b Jaffar 9Sami-ul-Haq c Ramzan b Yasir 10Wasim Haider c Zulfiqar b Jaffar 22Tauqir Hussain run out 16Farooq Iqbal c Zulfiqar b Yasir 4Nadeem Afzal not out 15Moazzam Ali b Jaffar 5Mohammad Salman absent injured -EXTRAS (LB-2, W-1, NB-10) 13TOTAL (all out, 33 overs) 105FALL OF WKTS: 1-9, 2-12, 3-17, 4-27, 5-39, 6-72, 7-82, 8-92, 9-105.BOWLING: Jaffar Nazir 17-6-31-6 (1nb); Mohammad Asif 7-3-8-0 (2nb); Yasir Arafat 9-0-64-2 (3nb, 1w).FAISALABAD (2nd Innings, following-on):Zeeshan Asif lbw b Asif 4Hasnain Haider c Zulfiqar b Jaffar 5Asif Hussain not out 38Tauqir Hussain b Saeed Jr 10Sami-ul-Haq not out 4EXTRAS (LB-4, NB-10) 14TOTAL (for three wkts, 28 overs) 75FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-14, 3-69.BOWLING (to-date): Jaffar Nazir 5-1-10-1 (1nb); Mohammad Asif 7-1-13-1 (3nb); Yasir Arafat 8-1-23-1 (2nb); Naeem Akhtar 3-0-18-0 (4nb); Ali Naqvi 4-2-6-0; Saeed Anwar Jr 1-0-1-1