Bowlers shine in vital tie

Published February 19, 2002

KARACHI, Feb 18: As many as 17 wickets fell on the first day of the vital Group-II Quaid Trophy Grade-I match between Peshawar and Sheikhupura at Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar Monday.

Sheikhupura, after being put in, were dismissed for 162 in their first innings with skipper Maqsood Raza top-scoring with 40.

Test discards Kabir Khan and Fazle Akbar shared the bowling honours with four wickets each, giving away 46 and 56 runs respectively.

Peshawar’s innings also got off to a dramatic start with five wickets crashing for 41 runs. But all-rounder Taimur Khan, who took two for 20 earlier in the day, kept his cool to guide Peshawar to 138 for seven with an unbeaten 47.

The winners of this match earn the right to play the March 1-5 final.

Scoreboard

SHEIKHUPURA (1st Innings):

Imran Nazir c Aftab b Fazle 7

Mohammad Azam b Kabir 0

Majid Majeed b Fazle 3

Saleem Mughal b Fazle 12

Maqsood Raza c Zulfiqar b Taimur 40

Sarfraz Kazmi c Aftab b Taimur 18

Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan not out 26

Jaffar Nazir b Kabir 36

Mumtaz Ali lbw b Kabir 0

Kashif Raza c Zulfiqar b Kabir 0

Faisal Virk c Wajahat b Fazle 0

EXTRAS (LB-9, W-1, NB-10) 20

TOTAL (all out, 41.5 overs) 162

FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-9, 3-18, 4-37, 5-85, 6-98, 7-153, 8-153, 9-153.

BOWLING: Kabir Khan 14-1-46-4; Fazle Akbar 15.5-1-56-4; Waqar Ahmed 6-0-30-0; Arshad Khan 1-0-1-0; Taimur Khan 5-0-20-2.

PESHAWAR (1st Innings):

Riffatullah run out 2

Aftab Khan run out 18

Yasir Hameed c Sarfraz b Jaffar 1

Wajahatullah Wasti c Majid b Kashif 0

Akhtar Sarfraz c and b Kashif 2

Taimur Khan not out 47

Waqar Ahmed c Saleem b Jaffar 21

Zulfiqar Jan b Rana Naveed 14

Arshad Khan not out 11

EXTRAS (B-6, LB-7, NB-9) 22

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 32 overs) 138

FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-8, 3-11, 4-30, 5-41, 6-95, 7-118.

TO BAT: Kabir Khan, Fazle Akbar.

BOWLING (to-date): Jaffar Nazir 15-2-60-2; Kashif Raza 5.5-0-9-2; Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 9.1-1-45-1; Faisal Virk 2-0-11-0.

UMPIRES: M. Nazir Junior and Sadiq Mohammad.

MATCH REFEREE: Ali Zia.

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