24 March 2004	Wednesday	02 Safar 1425

LAHORE, March 23: Left-arm paceman Stephen John finished with a match haul of 10 for 99 as Quetta defeated Faisalabad by 25 runs on the second day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match at the Sports Stadium in Sargodha on Tuesday.

John claimed four for 52 to follow his six for 47 in the first innings as Faisalabad were bowled out for 160 after being set a target of 186. Mohammad Asif chipped in with four for 88. Tail-ender Saeed Ajmal hit a defiant 53.

Earlier, Quetta were restricted to 183 in their second innings with Naseem Khan and Naseer Khan scoring 50 apiece. Shahid Nazir took four for 68 to end up with match figures of 10 for 110.

Scoreboard

QUETTA (1st Innings) 136 (Shahid Nazir 6-42).

FAISALABAD (1st Innings) 134 (Stephen John 6-47).

QUETTA (2nd Innings, overnight 5-1):

Kamran Niazi c Zaman b Shahid 0

Samiullah Agha lbw b Sami 9

Shaukat Ali c Zaman b Shahid 5

Shoaib Khan c Zaman b Tauqir 19

Naseem Khan lbw b Shahid 50

Zulqarnain Haider c Ijaz b Sami 14

Atif Ali Zaidi c Ijaz b Sami 5

Naseer Khan c Tauqir b Saeed 50

Faisal Irfan b Shahid 9

Stephen John not out 12

Mohammad Asif b Sami 1

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-6, NB-2) 9

TOTAL (all out, 46 overs) 183

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-12, 3-18, 4-83, 5-101, 6-107, 7-125, 8-145, 9-180.

BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 20-1-68-4 (1nb); Tauqir Hussain 4-0-11-1 (1nb); Sami Niazi 20-1-81-4 (1nb); Saeed Ajmal 2-0-16-1.

FAISALABAD (2nd Innings):

Mohammad Hafeez lbw b Faisal 2

Mohammad Ramzan b Faisal 1

Imran Ali b Asif 6

Misbahul Haq c Zulqarnain b Asif 0

Ijaz Ahmed Jr c Asif b John 30

Naved Latif b Asif 53

Mohammad Zaman b John 1

Tauqir Hussain c Zulqarnain b John 0

Shahid Nazir c Zulqarnain b John 2

Saeed Ajmal c and b Asif 53

Sami Niazi not out 6

EXTRAS (LB-2, W-2, NB-2) 6

TOTAL (all out, 37.2 overs) 160

FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-9, 3-9, 4-16, 5-59, 6-59, 7-71, 8-91, 9-103.

BOWLING: Mohammad Asif 18.2-3-88-4 (1w); Faisal Irfan 7-1-18-2 (2nb); Stephen John 12-2-52-4 (1w).