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LAHORE, Dec 23: A defiant unbroken seventh-wicket partnership of 183 between Saleem Mughal (137) and Mohammad Islam (69) helped Sheikhupura take an unexpected 44-run lead on first innings against Lahore Whites in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Group-III at Gaddafi Stadium here on Monday.
Sheikhupura, resuming their first innings at 149 for four in reply to Lahore Whites’ 353, finished the day in a commanding position at 397 for six.
Saleem, who began the day on 27, played with great authority to slam 16 fours.
In other matches of the group, Pakistan Customs got a vital 32-run lead against Habib Bank at the Lahore Country Club, Muridke.
Replying to Customs’s first innings total of 276, HBL resumed their innings at 235 for eight but were able to add just nine runs before being all out for 244 in 74 overs.
Customs, however, then struggled to reach 165 for eight in their second innings for an overall lead of 197.
Gujranwala, meanwhile, stretched their lead over Sialkot to 324 at Saga Ground in Sialkot.
Gujranwala, who had taken a 49-run lead on first innings, scored 275 in the second knock after resuming at 16 for one.
At stumps, Sialkot lost opener Shahid Yousuf without a run on the board.
Scoreboard
LAHORE WHITES (1st Innings) 353 (Aamir Sajjad 153; Waqas Chughtai 4-111).
SHEIKHUPURA (1st Innings, overnight 149-4):
Khalil Ahmed c Hussain b Wasim 2
Usman Akram b Wasim 29
Waqar Ahmed b Asif 40
Saleem Mughal not out 137
M. Ayub c sub (Akram) b Asif 20
Maqsood Raza c sub (Khurram) b Asif 33
Tahir Amin lbw b Hussain 0
Mohammad Islam not out 69
EXTRAS (B-2, LB-12, W-2, NB-35) 57
TOTAL (for six wkts, 117.2 over) 397
FALL OF WKTS: 1-23, 2-47, 3-97, 4-133, 5-214, 6-214.
BOWLING (to-date): Wasim Khan 27-2-130-2; Wahab Riaz 16-2-63-0; Khurram Chauhan 19.2-1-76-0; Mohammad Hussain 37-13-58-2; Mohammad Asif 17-5-40-2; Tariq Mahmood 1-0-10-0.
Brief scores of other Group-III matches:
*At Lahore Country Club, Muridke:
PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 276 in 78.5 overs (Naseem Khan 92, Shadab Kabir 44, Azhar Shafiq 34; Danish Kaneria 5-71) and 165-8 in 61 overs (Naseem Khan 40; Sajid Shah 2-29, Shahid Nazir 2-33);
HABIB BANK 244 in 74 overs (Akram Raza 43 not out, Khaqan Arsal 37, Atiq-uz-Zaman 33; Imran Ali 4-70, Abdul Rauf 3-86, Nadeem Iqbal 2-48).
*At Saga Ground, Sialkot:
GUJRANWALA 280 in 79 overs (Kamran Younis 61, Iftikhar Ahmed 51, Mohammad Khalid 39; Imran Tahir 5-88, Shahid Khan 2-63, Sajjad-ul-Haq 2-63) and 275 in 76.3 overs (Mohammad Khalid 60, Fayyaz Ahmed 42, Asim Munir 38; Tahir Mughal 4-89, Shahid Khan 3-85);
SIALKOT 231 in 72.4 overs (Faisal Khan 88, Shahid Khan 44; Naved Arif 5-67, Kamran Younis 2-40, Ali Imran Pasha 2-58) and 0-1 in 0.2 over.
