Sialkot scent victory

Published April 1, 2004

LAHORE, March 31: Left-arm medium-pacer Zahid Saeed claimed four wickets as hosts Sialkot bowled out for Karachi 142 in the second innings of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy tie at the Jinnah Stadium on Wednesday. Needing 200 for victory, Sialkot were 36 for one at stumps on the third evening.

Scoreboard

KARACHI (1st Innings) 495 (Hasan Raza 114, Shadab Kabir 96, Tanvir Ahmed 88).

SIALKOT (1st Innings, overnight 306-6):

Imran Nazir lbw b Nasir 17

Faisal Naveed run out 37

Kamran Younis c Hasan b Tanvir 4

Qaiser Abbas c Nasir b Fahad 20

Shahzad Malik lbw b Tahir 101

Mohammad Ayub c A. Zeeshan b Nasir 12

R. Naveed-ul-Hasan c A. Zeeshan b Nasir 0

Hafiz Khalid b Tahir 178

Zahid Saeed not out 20

Jaffar Nazir c A. Zeeshan b Fahad 9

Sarfraz Ahmed c Farhan b Tanvir 15

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-4, W-8, NB-5) 25

TOTAL (all out, 90.4 overs) 438

FALL OF WKTS: 1-27, 2-34, 3-69, 4-89, 5-101, 6-101, 7-378, 8-387, 9-402.

BOWLING: Tanvir Ahmed 20.4-2-99-2; Nasir Khan 26-3-156-3; Fahad Khan 20-5-57-2; Arif Mahmood 8-0-66-0; Tahir Khan 16-5-48-2.

KARACHI (2nd Innings):

Shadab Kabir c Khalid b Rana Naveed 0

Asif Zakir c Rana Naveed b Sarfraz 10

Saeed bin Nasir c Jaffar b Rana Naveed 14

Hasan Raza lbw b Zahid 17

Farhan Adil c Shahzad b Zahid 28

Ahmed Zeeshan Malik lbw b Jaffar 13

Arif Mahmood b Jaffar 4

Tahir Khan lbw b Zahid 0

Tanvir Ahmed c Rana Naveed b Sarfraz 23

Fahad Khan b Zahid 8

Nasir Khan not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-2, W-3, NB-12) 17

TOTAL (all out, 45.2 overs) 142

FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 2-34, 3-34, 4-62, 5-86, 6-102, 7-107, 8-107, 9-138.

BOWLING: Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 10-3-38-2; Jaffar Nazir 10-2-18-2; Sarfraz Ahmed 9.2-3-27-2; Zahid Saeed 14-3-52-4; Faisal Naveed 2-0-5-0.

SIALKOT (2nd Innings):

Imran Nazir c A. Zeeshan b Tanvir 18

Faisal Naveed not out 15

Mohammad Ayub not out 0

EXTRAS (W-2, NB-1) 3

TOTAL (for one wkt, 6.3 overs) 36

FALL OF WKT: 1-34.

BOWLING (to-date): Tanvir Ahmed 3.3-0-20-1; Nasir Khan 3-0-16-0.

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