Shoaib puts Peshawar in control

Published February 18, 2004

LAHORE,Feb 17: A fine century by Shoaib Khan and equally good batting by Ahmed Said helped Peshawar earn a 57-runlead on the first innings against Lahore in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy at Sheikhupura Stadium on Tuesday.

Peshawar, who were in trouble at 50 for four on resumption, recovered through Shoaib's 116 off 190 balls and wicket-keeper Ahmed's 85 to reach 293 for seven on the second day in reply to Lahore's 236.

Left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Khalil celebrated his call-up to the national camp with figures of four for 86 while fellow pacer Wasim Khan had three for 54.

Scoreboard

LAHORE (1st Innings) 236 (Salman Butt 122; Arshad Khan 6-57).

PESHAWAR (1st Innings, overnight 4-50):

Wajahatullah Wasti lbw b Wasim 1

Aftab Khan b Khalil 9

Yasir Hameed c Adnan b Khalil 22

Akhtar Sarfraz c Khaqan b Wasim 21

Arshad Khan c Adnan b Khalil 0

Ahmed Said not out 85

Shoaib Khan lbw b Wasim 116

Taimur Khan lbw b Khalil 4

Sajid Shah not out 0

EXTRAS (B-14, LB-9, W-2, NB-10) 35

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 93 overs) 293

FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-18, 3-50, 4-50, 5-76, 6-283, 7-293.

BOWLING (to-date): Wasim Khan 25-9-54-3; Mohammad Khalil31-9-86-4; Imran Sabir 13-4-31-0; Zeeshan Safeer 10-0-58-0; Kamran Sajid 8-4-18-0; Adil Nisar 2-1-10-0; Salman Butt 4-1-13-0.

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