KARACHI, Feb 12: All-rounder Bilal Asad stroked an unbeaten 109 to help Islamabad reach 248 for seven in their first innings in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I match against Sheikhupura at Sheikhupura Stadium Tuesday.

Bilal struck 16 fours and one six during his 189-ball knock in 256 minutes after Islamabad lost the toss, according to details available here.

Pacer Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan was pick of the Sheikhupura bowlers with figures of five for 72 in 24 overs.

Scoreboard

ISLAMABAD (1st Innings):

Iftikhar Hussain b Jaffar 9

Raheel Majeed b Jaffar 11

Bilal Asad b R. Naveed 109

Atif Ashraf not out 31

Rashid A. Butt c Maqsood b R. Naveed 14

Azhar Mahmood c Sarfraz b R. Naveed 31

Ishtiaq Rabbani b R. Naveed 3

Irfan Bhatti c Yasir b R. Naveed 12

Rao Iftikhar not out 10

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-13, NB-11) 28

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 75 overs) 248

FALL OF WKTS: 1-19, 2-42, 3-126, 4-203, 5-211, 6-223, 7-227.

TO BAT: Saad Janjua, Mohammad Kashif.

BOWLING (to-date): Jaffar Nazir 18-0-66-2 (1nb); Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 24-3-72-5 (7nb); Faisal Virk 9-3-27-0; Yasir Bashir 10-1-32-0 (3nb); Qaiser Abbas 9-3-18-0; Imran Nazir 9-1-18-0.

SHEIKHUPURA: Imran Nazir, Mohammad Azam, Qaiser Abbas, Saleem Mughal, Naseem Abbas, Maqsood Raza, Sarfraz Kazmi, Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan, Jaffar Nazir, Yasir Bashir, Faisal Virk.

UMPIRES: Siddique Khan and Z.I. Pasha.

MATCH REFEREE: Shafiq Ahmed.

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