da bet sport： Karachi Whites were skittled out for a paltry 169 in their first innings against Gujranwala on an eventful opening day of the four-day Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Grade-I Cricket Championship match at the KCCA Stadium here on Saturday
05-Nov-2000Karachi Whites were skittled out for a paltry 169 in their first innings against Gujranwala on an eventful opening day of the four-day Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Grade-I Cricket Championship match at the KCCA Stadium here on Saturday.After electing to bat first when skipper Asif Mujtaba won the toss,the home team capitulated in 68.1 overs 20 minutes into the finalsession on a brown-coloured pitch that is expected to assist thespinners later in the game.By stumps, Gujranwala themselves were in some bother at 29 for two in18 overs. Opener Rizwan Malik was nicely caught behind by Atiq-uz-Zaman for six. In the final over of the day, Pervez Ghauri was takenat silly mid-point by Mohammad Masroor off leg-spinner Danish Kaneriafor nine.Shadab Kabir was only Karachi Whites batsman to make an impressionagainst the pace-cum-spin attack of Gujranwala. The left-hander heldthe innings together until he was fifth out. His 52 off 136 balls in171 minutes was laced with three fours.Seventeen-year-old off-spinner Nadeem Hussain began his first-classcareer by taking wickets with his 11th and 17th deliveries. Hefinished with two for 45 in 17 overs.Left-arm spinner Abdul Rehman and pace bowler Mubashir Nazir sharedsix wickets between them. Rehman took three for 39 in 19 overs whileMubashir had three for 32 in 15.1 overs.Skipper Majid Saeed chipped in with the scalps of Shadab and Masroorwith his off-spinners.