da pinnacle： Sacked Pakistan captain Moin Khan Wednesday proved hisfitness and undoubted class while stroking a typicalaggressive half century – his second in succssive outings -for Karachi Whites that placed his team in winning positionagainst Rest of Sindh
10-Jan-2002Sacked Pakistan captain Moin Khan Wednesday proved hisfitness and undoubted class while stroking a typicalaggressive half century – his second in succssive outings -for Karachi Whites that placed his team in winning positionagainst Rest of Sindh.Moin clobbered 12 boundaries and a six while hammering a116- ball 78 that allowed Karachi Whites to declare theirfirst innings at 435 for nine on the second day of theQuaid-i-Azam Trophy match at the National Stadium.When stumps were drawn for the day, Rest of Sindh weretottering at 121 for five after having scored a dismal 131in the first innings. Rest of Sindh still require 183 toavert the anomaly of an innings defeat.He appeared well set for a century until dragged a deliveryoff his opposite number Hanif-ur-Rehman onto his stumps. Inthe opening match Moin hit an impressive 85.Later in the day, Moin scooped up two catches to take histally of victims to five in the game.”The knees responded well. I am feeling no pain and it isafter a long time that I played carefree cricket,” Moinsaid, adding: “My job is to play and perform.”Moin was excellently supported by Imran Javed who showed alot of promise and potential while scoring 67. The batsmandisplayed maturity, composure and played text book shots.Imran’s 88-ball knock was studded with 13 boundaries. Hefeatured in two quick fire partnerships.For the eighth wicket, he added 63 in 46 minutes withMohammad Hasnain (31) and then for the ninth wicket, he puton 59 in 60 minutes with Tanvir Ahmad (25).Arif Mahmood hit a 38-ball 28 with five boundaries and wasinvolved in a 62-run stand for the sixth wicket with Moinwho had resumed this morning at 15.Hasnain continued his impressive performance in the matchwhen he added three more wickets to his first innings six.He now has nine wickets for 104 runs besides a 34-ball 31with the bat.