January 5, 2003	Sunday	Ziqa’ad 1, 1423

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LAHORE,  Jan 4: Despite an unbeaten 64 by  Sohail  Idrees, Lahore Blues were struggling for first innings lead against Servis Industries in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Group-I match at Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday.

At the stumps, the home team were 173 for seven, in reply  of Servis’s first innings total of 252.

The match started after lunch as heavy fog continued to cause problems for the third day running.

In  other matches of the group, a fine  performance  by leg-spinner  Farooq Iqbal enabled Faisalabad earn an  innings and  137-run win against Sargodha inside three  days  at  Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad.

Needing 248 to avert an innings defeat,  Sargodha  were bundled out for 110 in their second innings with Farooq picking up six for 33. He finished with a match bag of 10 for 77.

At  Lahore Country Club, not a single ball was bowled  between National  Bank  and Wapda’s match due to fog. The first  day  was also abandoned. Only a 35 overs’ play could be possible on second day on Friday in which NBP were in trouble with a total of 104 for seven. Sarfraz Ahmed picked up four wickets for 32.

Scoreboard

SERVIS INDUSTRIES (1st Innings) 258 (Sufian Munir 67; Mohammad Khalil 5-104).

LAHORE BLUES (1st Innings, overnight 32-2):

Musharraf Ali lbw b Imran 0

Ali Hussain c Asif b Asim 20

Amjad Ali c sub b Nafees 20

Asim Ijaz c Asif b Imran 12

Sohail Idrees not out 64

Latif Gauhar c Asif b Bilal 13

Manzoor Elahi c Rehan b Imran 19

Ali Raza lbw b Asim 1

Mohammad Khalil not out 4

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-8, W-1, NB-10) 20

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 70 overs) 173

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-30, 3-60, 4-65, 5-94, 6-134, 7-144.

BOWLING (to-date):I mran Adil 23-4-56-3; Asim Butt 18-3-39-2; Javed Butt 12-3-36-0; Bilal Khilji 13-5-21-1; Nafees Ahmed 4-1-13-1.

Summarised scores of other Group-I matches:

*At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad:

Faisalabad beat Sargodha by an innings and 137 runs.

SARGODHA 122 (Farooq Iqbal 4-44, Adnan Rasool 3-53) and 110 (Farooq Iqbal 6-33, Adnan Rasool 4-38);

FAISALABAD 369 (Mohammad  Zaman  119, Tauqir Hussain 55, Farooq Iqbal 55; Mohammad Hafeez 5-79, Ashraf Bashir 3-106).

*At Lahore Country Club, Muridke:

NATIONAL BANK 104-7 (Sarfraz Ahmed 4-32) v WAPDA.