f29884	Mercantile Cricket Association v Pakistan Under-25s
	Pakistan Under-25s in Sri Lanka 1973/74
Venue	Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo on 12th, 13th, 14th December 1973 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Pakistan Under-25s won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	AO Lappen, DCC Perera
Close of play day 1	Mercantile Cricket Association (1) 159/5
Close of play day 2	Pakistan Under-25s (2) 140/2 (Shafiq Ahmed 33*, Aftab Baloch 6*)

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Pakistan Under-25s first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Talat Ali	c Seneviratne b Heyn	20
+Taslim Arif	lbw b Pieris	13
Shafiq Ahmed	b Pieris	8
Aftab Baloch	c and b Chanmugam	5
*Wasim Raja	c Hettiarachchi b Heyn	30
Ijaz Ahmed	c Fernando b Heyn	9
Hasan Jamil	b Heyn	10
Mohsin Khan	not out	9
Ehteshamuddin	run out	11
Naseer Malik	c Fernando b Pieris	0
Abdul Wahab	run out	1
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 42 overs)	120
Fall of wickets:
1-29, 2-33, 3-45, 4-64, 5-79, 6-90, 7-102, 8-103, 9-113, 10-120 (42 ov)

Mercantile Cricket Association bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pieris	17	4	37	3	-	-
Benedict	5	1	16	0	-	-
Heyn	14	4	52	4	-	-
Chanmugam	4	2	7	1	-	-
Abeynaike	2	1	4	0	-	-

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Mercantile Cricket Association first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+ER Fernando	b Ehteshamuddin	0
NDP Hettiarachchi	b Wasim Raja	35
LRD Mendis	c Taslim Arif b Wasim Raja	45
PD Heyn	run out	28
JA Seneviratne	c Taslim Arif b Ehteshamuddin	14
K Ramanathan	c Naseer Malik b Wasim Raja	13
*DN Chanmugam	run out	31
HSM Pieris	c Mohsin Khan b Wasim Raja	0
LWS Kaluperuma	not out	16
RG Abeynaike	c Shafiq Ahmed b Abdul Wahab	10
A Benedict	c Naseer Malik b Aftab Baloch	3
Extras		15
Total	(all out, 73.4 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-70, 3-88, 4-126, 5-135, 6-170, 7-170, 8-180, 9-198, 10-210 (73.4 ov)

Pakistan Under-25s bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ehteshamuddin	21	3	55	2	-	-
Naseer Malik	5	0	24	0	-	-
Wasim Raja	25	7	69	4	-	-
Ijaz Ahmed	3	0	14	0	-	-
Aftab Baloch	5.4	1	12	1	-	-
Abdul Wahab	14	6	21	1	-	-

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Pakistan Under-25s second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
Talat Ali	run out	11
+Taslim Arif	run out	83
Shafiq Ahmed	c Fernando b Kaluperuma	64
Aftab Baloch	run out	8
*Wasim Raja	c Hettiarachchi b Abeynaike	8
Ijaz Ahmed	c Seneviratne b Abeynaike	8
Hasan Jamil	not out	24
Mohsin Khan	not out	7
Ehteshamuddin	did not bat
Naseer Malik	did not bat
Abdul Wahab	did not bat
Extras		8
Total	(6 wickets, 131.1 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-64, 2-128, 3-151, 4-160, 5-166, 6-208

Mercantile Cricket Association bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pieris	51.1	24	82	0	-	-
Benedict	5	0	31	0	-	-
Heyn	9	0	24	0	-	-
Chanmugam	4	2	2	0	-	-
Abeynaike	44	23	53	2	-	-
Kaluperuma	18	8	21	1	-	-

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Notes
--> RG Abeynaike made his debut in First-Class matches
--> A Benedict made his debut in First-Class matches
--> A Benedict made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> Talat Ali (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> NDP Hettiarachchi (1) passed his previous highest score of 21 in First-Class matches
--> Shafiq Ahmed (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 20
--> PD Heyn achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Pakistan Under-25s first innings (previous best was 0-1)
--> Ehteshamuddin reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Mercantile Cricket Association first innings

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