Sialkot defeat Peshawar

Published February 26, 2004

LAHORE, Feb 25: As expected, Sialkot won their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match against Peshawar by eight wickets at the Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot on Wednesday. Chasing a small target of 86 runs, the home side lost two wickets in achieving it.

Peshawar were earlier dismissed for 238 in the second innings with former Test opener Wajahatullah Wasti top-scoring with 74 while batting at No 6. Shoaib Khan scored 57.

Scoreboard

SIALKOT (1st Innings) 348 (Shahzad Nalik 71, Faisal Khan 61, Qaiser Abbas 54; Fazle Akbar 4-92).

PESHAWAR (1st Innings) 195 (Zahid Saeed 5-46).

PESHAWAR (2nd Innings, overnight 76-3):

Ahmed Said lbw b Jaffar 4

Fayyaz Ahmed c Zahid b Tahir 12

Aftab Khan c Khalid b Jaffar 13

Shoaib Khan c Shahid b Tahir 57

Riffatullah c Khalid b Tahir 20

Wajahatullah Wasti b Zahid 74

Janisar Khan c Shahid b A. Rehman 21

Sajid Shah c Kamran b Qaiser 22

Arshad Khan b Zahid 8

Noor-ul-Amin b Zahid 0

Fazle Akbar not out 0

EXTRAS (B-2, LB-4, NB-1) 7

TOTAL (all out, 66.1 overs) 238

FALL OF WKTS: 1-16, 2-16, 3-36, 4-89, 5-122, 6-170, 7-217, 8-233, 9-233.

BOWLING: Jaffar Nazir 13-2-52-2; Tahir Mughal 19-3-76-3 (1nb); Abdul Rehman 15-2-40-1; Qaiser Abbas 4-2-6-0. Zahid Saeed 10.1-1-42-3; Faisal Naveed 1-0-4-0.

SIALKOT (2nd Innings):

Faisal Naveed c Janisar b Sajid 33

Tahir Mughal c and b Sajid 20

Faisal Khan not out 18

Shahid Yousuf not out 3

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-2, W-3, NB-3) 12

TOTAL (for two wkts, 23.4 overs) 86

FALL OF WKTS: 1-55, 2-67.

BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 3-0-4-0 (1nb); Sajid Shah 11.4-2-33-2 (2w); Janisar Khan 3-0-30-0 (2nb, 1w)); Arshad Khan 6-1-13-0.

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