LAHORE, April 23: Former Test speedster Fazle Akbar claimed a hat trick as Sialkot were all out for 278 in their first innings against PIA in the Pentangular Cup match at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Sunday.

Left-arm medium-pacer Najaf Shah also bowled well to take for five for 54.

At stumps PIA were 69 for three in reply.

Scoreboard

SIALKOT (1st Innings):

Hafiz Majid c Kashif b Najaf 62

Atiq-ur-Rehman c Mahmood b Fazle 13

Inamul Haq lbw b b Najaf 44

Faisal Khan c Imran b Najaf 6

Mohammad Ayub lbw b Najaf 0

Adeel Malik not out 61

Abdur Rahman c Kashif b Ali Gohar 5

Hafiz Khalid b Najaf 64

Asim Butt lbw b Fazle 1

Kashif Dawood c Ghulam Ai b Fazle 0

Mahmood Malik lbw b Fazle 0

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-1, W-1, NB-19) 22

TOTAL (all out, 62.5 overs) 278

FALL OF WKTS: 1-24, 2-122, 3-138, 4-138, 5-109, 6-170, 7-192, 8-192, 9-192.

BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 16-1-66-4 (7nb); Najaf Shah 17.5-3-34-5 (2nb); Ali Gohar 9-1-81-1 (10nb); Kamran Sajid 3-0-18-0; Janisar Khan 15-3-38-0 (1w); Mahmood Hamid 2-0-19-0.

PIA (1st Innings):

Agha Sabir b Mahmood 1

Ghulam Ali lbw b Asim 2

Kamran Sajid c Khalid b Asim 16

Imran Abbas not out 17

Najaf Shah not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-3) 3

TOTAL (for three wkts, 25 overs) 69

FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-47, 3-69.

BOWLING (to-date): Asim Butt 12-4-25-2; Mahmood Malik 4-1-14-1; Kashif Dawood 6-0-24-0; Abdur Rahman 3-1-3-0.