LAHORE, Oct 16: Imran Khalid, the Faisalabad leg-spinner, grabbed six for 94 as Sialkot were restricted to a modest first-innings score of 207 in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League tie at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Sunday.
Imran, who bowled 31.4 overs for his haul, never allowed Sialkot batsmen to bat with freedom.
Test discard Imran Nazir scored 30 but Shahzad Malik top-scored with 40 with six boundaries before both of them were dismissed by the impressive Imran Khalid.
By close of play, Faisalabad were 20 without loss.
Scoreboard
SIALKOT (1st Innings):
Imran Nazir c A. Imran b Imran Khalid 30
Faisal Naved c Ijaz b Imran Khalid 15
Bilal Hussain lbw b Imran Khalid 7
Qaiser Abbas c Salman b Sami 15
Shahzad Malik lbw b Imran Khalid 40
Mansoor Amjad c Ijaz b Sami 0
Rana Navedul Hasan c Misbah b Asad 39
Abdul Rahman c Salman b Asad 23
Hafiz Khalid c Saeed b Imran 8
Sarfraz Ahmed b Imran 15
Zahid Saeed not out 1
EXTRAS (B-3, LB-4, NB-7) 14
TOTAL (all out, 71.4 overs) 207
FALL OF WKTS: 1-30, 2-57, 3-62, 4-100, 5-100, 6-137, 7-174, 8-188, 9-199.
BOWLING: Samiullah Niazi 17-6-35-2; Asad Ali 15-6-40-2; Imran Khalid 31.4-6-94-6; Ahmed Hayat 9-2-31-0.
FAISALABAD (1st Innings):
Imran Ali not out 12
Mohammad Zahid not out 7
EXTRAS (LB-1) 1
TOTAL (for no wkt, 10 overs) 20
BOWLING (to-date): Rana Navedul Hasan 5-1-12-0; Sarfraz Ahmed 4-1-7-0; Abdul Rahman 1-1-0-0.