Thick fog disrupts Group-I ties

Published January 11, 2003

LAHORE,  Jan 10: Only 10.2 overs’ were possible on the third day of the Quaid Trophy Group-I tie between National Bank and Servis Industries as thick fog continued to play havoc at Gaddafi Stadium on Friday.

Servis lost three more wickets to end the day at 141 for eight after play began 30 minutes after the tea break.

National Bank skipper Mushtaq Ahmed took two wickets in  quick successions after Servis resumed at 127 for five.

In other matches of this group, there was some play at last at Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad where Wapda restricted the hosts to 163 in their first innings.

Off-spinner Adeel Ahmed captured five for 46 while leg-spinner Mohammad Aslam Qureshi snared three for 20.

Opener Hasnain Haider top-scored for Faisalabad with a 87-ball 55, including four fours.

Wapda were one without loss at stumps.

Lahore Blues’ medium-pacer Shahzad Butt claimed four for 71  as Sargodha were all out for 174 in their first innings at Sports Stadium in Sargodha.

Scoreboard

SERVIS INDUSTRIES (1st Innings, overnight 127-5):

Rizwan Ahmed c Sajid b Zahid 19

Kashif Nizami c Nasir b Shabbir 55

Bilal Khilji c Salman b Shabbir 19

Sufian Munir c Sajid b Shabbir 4

Rehan Rafiq lbw b Zahid 12

Farhan Asghar lbw b Shabbir 0

Nafees Ahmed lbw b Mushtaq 12

Mohammad Asif not out 1

Asim Butt b Mushtaq 1

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-4, W-5, NB-8) 18

TOTAL (for 8 wkts, 78.2 overs) 141

FALL OF WKTS: 1-39, 2-80, 3-84, 4-114, 5-115, 6-136, 7-138, 8-141.

BOWLING (to-date): Shabbir Ahmed 24-4-52-4; Aleem Moosa 16-7-23-0; Zahid Saeed 21-3-92-2; Mushtaq Ahmed 10.2-3-12-2; Salman  Butt 2-0-6-0; Shahid Anwar 2-1-1-0; Qaiser Abbas 3-3-0-0.

Summarised scores of other Group-I matches:

*At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad:

FAISALABAD 163 (Hasnain Haider 55;  Adeel Ahmed 5-46, Aslam Qureshi 3-20);

WAPDA 1-0.

*At Sports Stadium, Sargodha:

SARGODHA 174 (Sohail Maqbool 49; Shahzad Butt 4-71, Sajid Ali 3-39) v LAHORE BLUES.

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