da lvbet: Lahore Blues recovered well from a shaky start to post 241 on thefirst day of their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I game against Islamabadat the KRL Stadium Sunday

21-Jan-2002Lahore Blues recovered well from a shaky start to post 241 on thefirst day of their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I game against Islamabadat the KRL Stadium Sunday.The visitors, asked to bat first, appeared to be falling apart at 24for four but patient half centuries by Hamayun Farhat and MuhammadHussain helped save the day.Islamabad, at the close of play, were 58 for the loss of RaheelMajeed, who was tempted by slow left-arm bowler Muhammad Hussain to gofor a boundary, but ended up hitting into the safe hands of HafizBilal.Hamayun scored 67 off 54 balls while Hussain faced 74 deliveries forhis personal total of 50. Their batting frustrated the Islamabadattack that had proven so very deadly earlier on.Rauf Akbar had the most wickets, finishing with three for 44 while Raoand leg-spinner Anwarul Haq claimed two each.