Cricket opened up

Press, 19 October 1976, Page 6

Cricket opened up

By Alan Graham, NZPA staff correspondent Lyallpur A declaration by Zaheer Abbas with his side nine runs behind on the first innings yesterday, opened up the three-day match between the touring New Zealand cricketers and a Punjab Invitation XI. Zaheer's side made 221 for six declared in reply to New Zealand's 230 all out and at tea on the second day New Zealand was 55 for one in its second innings. The batsman out was Geoff Howarth, who made the 22 runs he needed to bring up his 5000 runs in first-class cricket. He was well-caught at deep point when cutting hard at the opening bowler, Sikander Bakht. Glenn Turner was batting well on 29, his highest first class score of the tour so far though he made 67 in the one-day game. Earlier New Zealand dismissed Pervez Mir., bowled through the gap by David O’Sullivan in the first over after lunch, but the 22-year-old Moshin Khan went on to compile a well-hit 123 before being caught behind off O’Sullivan. The New Zealand bowlers performed well yesterday to havfe the Punjab XI 169 for four

wickets by lunch on the second day of the three-day game. With the pitch giving little assistance the tourists did well to take two early wickets, including that of the test player, Zaheer, and to take two more wickets before lunch. Especially New Zealand seemed delighted to be given two lbw decisions after getting none on the first day. NEW ZEALAND I'lrst innings G. M. Turner b Salim Altaf 15 G. P. Howart b Pervez Mir 34 J. M. Parker c Shahid Israr b Pervez Mir 24 M. Burgess c Sikander Bakht b Farrukh Zemen 78 R. W. Anderson lbw b Zaman 1 A. D. G. Roberta lbw b Mir 6 W’. Lees c and b Mir 24 B. L. Cairns c Israr b Farooq Shera 1 D. O'Sullivan c Moshln Khan b Mir 21 R. O. Collinge not out 14 P. Petherick c Israr b Bakht 1 Extras 11 Total .. .. ..230 Fall of wickets: 22, 75 , 78, 97, 113, 173, 178. 212, 217. Bowling.—Sikander Bakht 7.1, 3, 35, 1; Salim Altaf 7. 0. 26. 1; i Farrukh Zaman 22, 1, 97 , 3; Pervez Mir 15, 3, 39, 4; Zaheer Abbas,

2,0, 10, 0; Farooq Shera 5, 1. 12, Second innings Howarth c Farooq Shera b Sikander .. . 22 Turner not out .. 29 J. M. Parker not out ~ 2 Extras 2 Total (for one wkt) .. 55 Fall of wicket: 22. Bowling.—Saleem 4. 0, 23, 0; Sikander 4,1, 17, 1; Pervez Mir 1,0, 6,0; Farrukh Zaman 1,0, 7, 0. PUNJAB XI First Innings Mosiiin Khan c b O’Sullivan 123 Haroon Rashid lbw b Cairns 25 Zaheer Abbas b Cairns 0 Nasir Vaiika c Turner b Roberts ~ .21 Arshad Parvaiz lbw b Petheriek .16 Perviz Mir b O’Sullivan . 21 ' Farooq Shera not out 11 Extras 4 Total (for six wkts dec.) 221 ! Fall of wickets: 59, 59, 90, lit, 172, 221. Bowling: Collinge 10, 0. 44, 0; Cairns 13. 0. 62. 2; O’Sullivan ", 11, 32, 2; Petherick 10, 1, 50 1; •Roberts 6,1, 29. 1.