January 16, 2003	Thursday	Ziqa'ad 12, 1423

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LAHORE,  Jan 15: Asif Hussain was left high and dry on an undefeated 198 as Faisalabad reached 361 in their first innings against Servis Industries in the Quaid Trophy Group-I match on Wednesday.

Asif, who hit 26 fours while facing 323 balls, and Farooq Iqbal (91) put on 227 for the seventh wicket. Farooq’s knock was laced with 12 boundaries.

Servis replied with 71 for one.

Hasan Adnan scored 85 to help Wapda take a first innings lead of 93 runs in reply to Sargodha’s 100 at Sports Stadium in Sargodha.

Pacer Shabbir Ahmed captured seven for 70 as National Bank secured an invaluable advantage of 99 runs on the first innings against Lahore Blues at Gymkhana Ground in Okara.

The bankers further extended their lead to 240 by making 141 for six in the second innings.

Summarised scores of Group-I matches:

*At Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad:

FAISALABAD 361 (Asif Hussain 198 not out,  Farooq Iqbal 91; Rizwan Ahmed 4-75, Imran Adil 3-120);

SERVIS INDUSTRIES 71-1 (Masood Asim 44).

*At Sports Stadium, Sargodha:

SARGODHA 100 (Kashif Raza 4-39, Faisal Irfan 3-22, Sarfraz Ahmed 3-25);

WAPDA 193-4 (Hasan Adnan 85, Fida Hussain 47; Samiullah Niazi 3-48).

*At Gymkhana Ground, Okara:

NATIONAL BANK 224 (Sajid Ali 50, Mushtaq Ahmed 33, Imran Javed 20; Khurram Irshad 4-41, Shahzad Butt 3-70, Salman Qadir 2-73) and 141-6 (Naumanullah 34, Mohammad Javed 28 not out; Shahzad Butt 3-48);

LAHORE BLUES 125 (Salman Qadir 42, Faisal Mahmood 25; Shabbir Ahmed 7-70, Mushtaq Ahmed 2-9).