da casino： Saeed bin Nasir and Shahid Afridi hit impressive halfcenturies as Karachi Whites consolidated their grip overKarachi Blues in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I cricketmatch at KCCA Stadium here Friday
05-Jan-2002Saeed bin Nasir and Shahid Afridi hit impressive halfcenturies as Karachi Whites consolidated their grip overKarachi Blues in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I cricketmatch at KCCA Stadium here Friday.After taking a first innings of 33, the Whites closed thepenultimate day of the four-day clash on 212 for two intheir second knock.Saeed, who was tragically run out for 68 in the firstinnings, was batting with a fluent 73 off 115 balls in theunbroken third wicket stand of 86 with Test reject HasanRaza (36). Saeed has so far hit six fours and one six.Shahid Afridi, the Pakistan all-rounder, struck a typicallyswashbuckling 60 off 59 balls while dominating the openingpartnership of 80 with Ghulam Ali (37). He hit eight foursand a brace of sixes, the second clearing the ground by along way.Earlier, the Blues skipper Mohammad Javed was left strandedon 79 as his side managed 218 after resuming at 167 forseven. Javed’s 171-ball innings contained four boundaries.Pacer Tanvir Ahmed took two more wickets Friday to finishwith five for 64 in 25 overs.International umpire Afzaal Ahmed was unable to take hisplace Friday because of a back strain and was replaced byKhalid Mahmood.