Punjab facing defeat

Published February 14, 2002

KARACHI, Feb 13: Rest of Punjab were heading for defeat after conceding a massive 179-run first innings to Sialkot on the second day of the Quaid Trophy Grade-I match at Gymkhana Cricket Ground in Okara Wednesday.

Punjab were struggling at 64 for three in their second innings at stumps.

Earlier, Sialkot added 278 to their overnight score of 110 for two with Shahzad Malik hitting 74 off 102 balls.

Scoreboard

REST OF PUNJAB (1st Innings) 209 (Tahir Mughal 4-83).

SIALKOT (1st Innings, overnight 110-2):

Inam-ul-Haq c Fazil b Asim 18

Mubashir Dar c and b Shafiq 40

Hafiz Majid c Fazil b Asim 33

Basit Saeed c A. Rauf b Shafiq 42

Shahzad Malik c Fazil b Asim 74

Afan Rauf c Fazil b Saeed 31

Tahir Mughal c Asim b Arshad 29

Aamir Wasim c Fazil b Asim 25

Shahid Khan c Asim b Arshad 9

Khaleeq Malik not out 21

Zaman Haider not out 3

EXTRAS (B-18, LB-6, W-11 NB-28) 63

TOTAL (all out, 92.3 overs) 388

FALL OF WKTS: 1-65, 2-96, 3-138, 4-217, 5-271, 6-308, 7-314, 8-323, 9-384.

BOWLING: Abdur Rauf 25.3-2-122-0; Asim Butt 26-4-103-4; Shafiq Ahmed 22-4-67-2; Saeed Anwar Jr 4-2-12-1; Mohammad Arshad 14-1-55-2.

REST OF PUNJAB (2nd Innings):

Shahid Latif c Khaleeq b Tahir 5

Asad Ali c Khaleeq b Zaman 14

Kashif Naveed not out 29

Saeed Anwar Jr c Mubashir b Tahir 10

EXTRAS (W-5, NB-1) 6

TOTAL (for three wkts, 16 overs) 64

FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-30, 3-64.

BOWLING (to-date): Tahir Mughal 6-1-20-2; Zaman Haider 6-0-34-1; Shahid Khan 2-0-10-0.

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