December 24, 2002	Tuesday	Shawwal 19, 1423

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LAHORE, Dec 23: A polished knock of 121 by Asif  Hussain enabled Faisalabad take an impregnable 157-run lead on first innings over Lahore Blues in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Group-I match at LCCA Ground here on Monday.

Replying to Lahore Blues’ 195, Faisalabad scored 352 after resuming at the overnight score of 172 for two.

Pacer Sajid Ali finished with six for 82.

Lahore Blues were 28 without loss in second innings.

In other matches of this group, Wapda defeated Servis Industries by 10 runs at Gymkhana Ground in Okara.

Servis were dismissed for 193 after resuming at 30 for two.

At Sports Stadium in Sargodha, bad light came to National Bank’s rescue. The bankers, who had conceded 47 runs lead, were 89 for four in second innings after resuming at 36 for two.

Test opener Saeed Anwar scored 22, batting at five.

Scoreboard

LAHORE BLUES (1st Innings) 195.

FAISALABAD (1st Innings, overnight 172-2):

Zeeshan Asif lbw b Sajid 23

Asif Hussain lbw b Rauf 121

Sami-ul-Haq c Latif b Shahzad 42

Mohammad Salman lbw b Sajid 22

Ijaz Mahmood c Ali Raza b Adnan 50

Mohammad Zaman c Ali Raza b Rauf 5

Wasim Haider c Ali Raza b Sajid 42

Farooq Iqbal lbw b Sajid 4

Nadeem Afzal lbw b Sajid 3

Moazzam Ali not out 6

Mohammad Naeem b Sajid 1

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-8, W-12, NB-11) 33

TOTAL (all out, 127.1 overs) 352

FALL OF WKTS: 1-56, 2-152, 3-200, 4-287, 5-291, 6-309, 7-316, 8-328, 9-346.

BOWLING: Shahzad Butt 31-5-76-1; Sajid Ali 39.1-11-82-6; Manzoor Elahi 5-1-14-0; Ahmed Khan 13-1-53-0; Rauf Wyne 28-5-81-2; Adnan Usman Khan 11-3-36-1.

LAHORE BLUES (2nd Innings):

Musharraf Ali not out 17

Ali Hussain not out 7

EXTRAS (NB-4) 4

TOTAL (for no wkt, 18 overs) 28

BOWLING (to-date): Nadeem Afzal 6-4-7-0; Wasim Haider 6-2-9-0; Moazzam Ali 2-0-3-0; Farooq Iqbal 3-0-7-0; Ijaz Ahmed 1-0-2-0.

Brief scores of other Group-I matches:

*At Gymkhana Ground, Okara:

WAPDA 136 in 48.1 overs (Tariq Aziz 64) and 177 in 59.1 overs (Adil Nisar 69).

SERVIS INDUSTRIES 110 in 26 overs (Faisal Irfan 6-29) and 193 in 70 overs (Rizwan Ahmed 51; Faisal Irfan 4-25, Kashif Raza 3-48).

*At Sports Stadium, Sargodha:

NATIONAL BANK 171 in 62.2 overs (Sajid Ali  57) and 89-4 in 34 overs.

SARGODHA 218 in 67.5 overs (Majid Saeed 62; Mushtaq Ahmed 5-54).