LAHORE, Nov 10: Medium-pacer Muhammad Asif’s four wickets brightened Sialkot chances to gain first innings lead against defending champions Peshawar in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League at the Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot on Thursday.
Asif conceded 24 runs for his four wickets as Peshawar were reeling 189-7 by close of play in reply to Sialkots’ first innings total of 276. Akhtar Sarfraz (55) was the only Peshawar batsman to show defiance.
Scoreboard
SIALKOT (1st innings, overnight 249-7):
Imran Nazir c Umar b Fazle 33
Faisal Naved c Wasti b Umar 76
Faisal Khan c n b Fazle 4
Shahid Yousuf c Yasir b Umar 27
Qaisar Abbas c Yasir b Riaz 23
Shahzad Malik lbw b Umar 5
Mansoor Amjad c Zulifqar b Umar 33
Hafiz Khalil not out 29
Zahid Saeed b Fazle 18
M. Asif c Wasti b Fazle 0
Sarfraz Ahmed c Sajjad b Fazle 12
EXTRAS (lb-8, w-8) 16
TOTAL (for all out, 83.1 overs) 276
FALL OF WKTS: 1-53, 2-57, 3-106, 4-148,
5-153, 6-206, 7-229, 8- 256, 9-256.
BOWLING: Umar Gul 29-6-85-4; Fazle Akbar 21.1- 3-80-5; Riaz Afridi 9-2-56- 1; Jannisar Khan 19-3-54-0; Rafat Ullah 5-0-13-0.
PESHAWAR (1st innings):
Rafat Ullah c Qaiser b Sarfraz 23
Yasir Hameed b Asif 39
Sajjad Ahmed b M Asif 8
Akhtar Sarfraz c Sarfraz b Asif 55
Wajahatullah c Khalid b Zahid 11
Nawaz Ahmed c Khalid b Asif 8
Janisar Khan batting 18
Zulifqar Jan c Faisal b Mansoor 22
Umar Gul batting 0
EXTRAS (lb-6, nb-1) 7
TOTAL (for seven wks, 60 overs) 189
FALL OF WKTS: 1-66, 2-70, 3-76, 4-118,
5-132, 6-139, 7-189.
BOWLING: Muhammad Asif 24-5-84-4; Sarfraz Ahmed 15-4-38-1; Zahid Saeed 3 / ? 15-2-48-1; Faisal Naved 4-1-10-0; Mansoor Amjad 2-0-3-1.