Sheikhupura dismissed for 268

Published January 21, 2002

LAHORE, Jan 20: Abdul Rauf and Test reject Mushtaq Ahmed shared seven wickets between them to help Rest of Punjab (RoP) bowl out Sheikhupura for 268 on first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match at the Gaddafi Stadium Sunday.

By the close of play, RoP had reached 55 for no loss off 16 overs. Saeed Anwer Junior (21) and Rizwan Ahmed (27) will resume the RoP innings on Monday.

Rauf conceded 51 runs for his four wickets while Mushtaq finished with three for 84.

After Sheikhupura slumped to 122 for eight, Jaffar Nazir scored a fine 64 off 53 balls with the help of 10 boundaries and one six, Mumtaz Ali contributed 57 off 84 balls with six fours and one six and Rana Naveedul Hasan stroked a 35-ball 33 to help their team reach a respectable position.

Jaffar and Mumtaz put on 99 runs for the ninth wicket.

Scoreboard

SHEIKHUPURA (1st innings):

Qaiser Abbas b A.Rauf 5

Majid Majeed b A.Rauf 2

Imran Nazir b Shabbir 12

Mujahid Jamshed b Asim 45

Mohammad Sarwar lbw Mushtaq 4

Maqsood Raza lbw Mushtaq 5

Rana Naveedul Hasan b Mushtaq 33

Jaffar Nazir run out 64

Mumtaz Ali c Fazil b A.Rauf 57

Muhammad Islam not out 19

Mohammad Asif b A.Rauf 0

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-10, W-1, NB-7) 22

TOTAL (all out, 61.4 overs) 268

FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-11, 3-34, 4-78, 5-82, 6-109, 7-122, 8-122, 9-268, 10-268.

BOWLING: Shabbir Ahmed 21-3-65-1; Abdul Rauf 10.4-0-51-4; Mushtaq Ahmed 20-4-84-3; Asim Butt 10-1-54-1.

REST OF PUNJAB (1st innings):

Saeed Anwer Jr not out 21

Rizwan Ahmed not out 27

EXTRAS (LB-4, W-2, NB-1) 7

TOTAL (no loss, 16 overs) 55

BOWLING: Jaffar Nazir 8-1-24-0; Naveed-ul-Hasan 6-0-18-0; Muhammad Asif 1-0-1-0; Qaiser Abbas 1-0-8-0.

Umpires: Sajjad Asghar- Aleem Dar.

Match Referee: Tahir Shah.

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