January 16, 2007	Tuesday	Zilhaj 25, 1427

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LAHORE, Jan 15: An unbeaten century by opener Atiq-ur-Rehman helped reigning champions Sialkot to a crushing nine-wicket victory over Faisalabad in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold fixture at Jinnah Stadium on Monday.

Atiq slammed 108 off 154 balls as Sialkot, resuming at 144 for one, raced home by scoring 224 without further loss.

Together with Shahid Yousuf (38), Atiq, who hit 13 fours and two sixes, added 97 for the unbroken second-wicket partnership.

Scoreboard

FAISALABAD (1st Innings) 250 (Naved Latif 126; Kashif Raza 5-58).

SIALKOT (1st Innings) 222 (Imran Nazir 72, Ijaz Ahmed 52).

FAISALABAD (2nd Innings) 195 (Imran Ali 83; Sarfraz Ahmed 4-49).

SIALKOT (2nd Innings, overnight 144-1):

Imran Nazir lbw b Asad 68

Atiq-ur-Rehman not out 106

Shahid Yousuf not out 38

EXTRAS (B-8, LB-2, NB-3) 13

TOTAL (for one wkt, 46.1 overs) 227

FALL OF WKT: 1-130.

BOWLING: Ahmed Hayat 10-1-44-0 (2nb); Asad Ali 15-1-76-1; Saeed Ajmal 12-2-48-0; Ali Raza 6-0-39-0 (1nb); Usman Arshad 1.1-0-10-0.

RESULT: Sialkot won by nine wickets.

UMPIRES: Rasheed Bhatti and Ahmed Shahab.

MATCH REFEREE: Azhar Khan.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Farrukh Ilyas Raja.