da cassino： Promising leg-spinner Danish Kaneria bowled himselfnearer to a Test cap with a career-best haul of seven for 39 asGujranwala were bundled out for just 92 against Karachi Whites on thesecond day of the four-day Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Grade-I
06-Nov-2000Promising leg-spinner Danish Kaneria bowled himselfnearer to a Test cap with a career-best haul of seven for 39 asGujranwala were bundled out for just 92 against Karachi Whites on thesecond day of the four-day Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Grade-ICricket Championship clash at the KCCA Stadium here on Sunday.It was an unexpected turnaround for Karachi Whites who had made asmall total of 169 on Saturday. But by close of play, the home sidehad put themselves in an impregnable position by extending theirsubstantial first innings lead of 77 to 216.They were 139 for three in their second knock with Hasan Raza (37) andskipper Asif Mujtaba (19) at the crease in an unfinished partnershipof 49 runs.Opener Khalid Latif, who turned 15 on Saturday, made a compact 40 off101 balls in 135 minutes with five fours while Zeeshan Pervezcontributed a stylish 35 off 72 balls in 76 minutes with threeboundaries.Gujranwala’s hopes of restricting Karachi Whites to a reasonable scorein the second innings were severely jolted by an injury to young leftarm spinner Abdul Rehman, who needed three stitches to his bowlinghand after taking a nasty blow in a failed attempt to hold a hotreturn chance offered by Khalid Latif.But the day belonged to Danish Prabha Shankar Kaneria, the 19-year-oldcousin of former Test wicket-keeper Anil Dalpat. Already touted as asecret weapon by the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board for theforthcoming Test series against England, Kaneria enhanced his growingreputation by eclipsing his previous best innings analysis of sevenfor 101 – achieved for Pakistan Reserves against KRL at the KRLStadium in Rawalpindi last season.At the start of the day, everything pointed in Gujranwala’s favourwhen they resumed at 29 for two. But exactly 100 minutes later, theremaining eight wickets crashed for an addition of 53 runs in 27.3overs, including the last seven for 37 runs in 18.2 overs.Bowling in tandem with young off-spinner Tahir Khan, Kaneria capturedsix for 31 in 57 deliveries, bamboozling the hapless batsmen with hismixture of leg-breaks, googlies, top-spinners and flippers.None of the batsmen was able to master Kaneria’s wily bowling on apitch that is giving spinners marginal assistance.Atiq-ur-Rehman top-scored for the visitors with 42 off 119 balls untilhe failed to read a flipper and was comprehensively bowled. His 112-minute stay included four boundaries.Former Test star Zahid Fazal struck Tahir for a six. But havingreached 17, he was caught behind by Atiq-uz-Zaman, who excelled withfour catches.Tahir proved an ideal foil to Kaneria with figures of two for 34 in 17overs.