da betsson： A round-up of the first day of the second-round matches of the Pentangular Cup
Cricinfo staff31-Oct-2008
Salman Butt continued from where he left off in the previous season © AFP
by 35 runs
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Baluchistan’s bowlers shrugged off the beating they took against North West Frontier Province to run through Sind’s batting on the first day of their second-round match. Their batsmen too put on a much-improved performance to leave Baluchistan trailing by 35 runs with six wickets in hand.After they chose to field, Baluchistan fast bowler Abdur Rauf struck two early blows, removing the in-form Khalid Latif, and Rizwan Ahmed. Naumanullah was the only batsman to resist as Kamran Hussain made further inroads into the Sind batting; Hussain got rid of the formidable middle-order trio of Faisal Iqbal, Fawad Alam and captain Shahid Afridi cheaply. Left-arm medium-pacer Azharullah then made short work of the lower order to limit Sind to 126.Baluchistan’s batsmen, led by a resolute unbeaten 40 by Usman Tariq, had moved along to 88 for 1 but lost three wickets for three runs to end a day of domination poorly.
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Salman Butt slammed 155 – his fourth century in five Pentangular matches – against a Federal Areas bowling line-up that included Shoaib Akhtar, Sohail Tanvir and Ifthikar Anjum to guide Punjab to 306.Opener Butt hit 20 fours on the way to his 13th first-class hundred before being run out by a direct hit from Umar Amin. Butt received support from Khurram Shehzad (41), the pair adding 104 for the third wicket. The only other significant contribution came from No. 7 Mansoor Amjad, who made a 76-ball 37. A lower-order collapse – the last five wickets fell for 22 runs – prevented Punjab from reaching a more substantial total.Tanvir and Shoaib took two wickets each but the Federal Areas bowling was unable to keep the runs under control and Punjab scored at a brisk 3.70 runs per over.