January 25, 2007	Thursday	Muharram 05, 1428

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KARACHI, Jan 24: Fine bowling by Sialkot’s Tahir Mughal triggered a Peshawar collapse on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar on Wednesday.

Medium-pacer Tahir claimed five for 56 in 16.2 overs as Peshawar capitulated for 200 in their first innings after Imran Nazir won the toss and opted to put the hosts in.

Openers Mohammad Fayyaz (22) and Aftab Khan (41, five fours) shared a partnership of 40 before left-arm medium-pacer Sarfraz Ahmed sent back Fayyaz.

Aftab and Riffatullah Mohmand (25) then put on 52 for the second wicket before Tahir struck twice in quick successions. After that Peshawar’s subsided as apart from Janisar Khan (37, seven fours), no one else managed to make much contribution.

The last eight wickets fell for the addition of only 108 runs. And despite being costly, Asim Butt provided excellent support to Tahir by taking three for 61 in 13 overs. Sialkot, the current champions, ended an eventful day on 17 for no wicket.

Scoreboard

PESHAWAR (1st Innings):

Mohammad Fayyaz c Qaiser b Sarfraz 22

Aftab Khan c Asim b Tahir 41

Riffatullah Mohmand c Shahid b Tahir 25

Shoaib Khan c Shahid b Asim 18

Wajahatullah Wasti b Kashif 17

Janisar Khan c Imran b Asim 37

Zulfiqar Jan c Khalid b Tahir 12

Arshad Khan lbw b Tahir 3

Riaz Afridi not out 15

Waqar Ahmed c Sarfraz b Asim 4

Fazle Akbar c and b Tahir 0

EXTRAS (LB-6) 6

TOTAL (all out, 56.2 overs) 200

FALL OF WKTS: 1-40, 2-92, 3-92, 4-123, 5-138, 6-173, 7-181, 8-181, 9-184.

BOWLING: Sarfraz Ahmed 13-4-41-1; Kashif Raza 14-4-36-1; Asim Butt 13-0-61-3; Tahir Mughal 16.2-2-56-5.

SIALKOT (1st Innings):

Atiq-ur-Rehman not out 14

Hafiz Majid not out 1

EXTRAS (LB-2) 2

TOTAL (for no wkt, 7 overs) 17

TO BAT: Ayub Dogar, Shahid Yousuf, Imran Nazir, Qaiser Abbas, Hafiz Khalid, Tahir Mughal, Kashif Raza, Asim Butt, Sarfraz Ahmed.

BOWLING (to-date): Fazle Akbar 4-2-8-0; Riaz Afridi 2-1-1-0; Waqar Ahmed 1-0-6-0.

UMPIRES: Salim Badar and Shakeel Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Ishtiaq Ahmed.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Nadeem Akhtar.