February 03, 2007	Saturday	Muharram 14, 1428

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LAHORE, Feb 2: Fine batting by Hafiz Khalid, Ayub Dogar and Atiq-ur-Rehman gave Sialkot the upper hand against Lahore Shalimar in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match at the Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot on Friday.

Khalid, batting at No 9, made a rapid 93 off 110 balls with the aid of eight sixes and four fours as Sialkot piled up 384 after resuming at 212-6. Thanks to Khalid’s big-hitting, Sialkot added 132 for the last two wickets.

Ayub hit 81 with eight fours and one six while Atiq contributed 70 with 11 boundaries.

At stumps Lahore Shalimar were struggling at 139 for six and still need 95 to avoid the follow-on. Medium-pacer Tahir Mughal took four for 70.

Scoreboard

SIALKOT (1st Innings, overnight 212-6):

Hafiz Majid c Humayun b Khalil 5

Atiq-ur-Rehman c Humayun b Junaid 70

Mansoor Amjad b Hussain 25

Shahid Yousuf c and b Junaid 22

Shahzad Malik lbw b Hussain 2

Ayub Dogar lbw b Salman 81

Ijaz Ahmed c Jamshed b Junaid 16

Tahir Mughal c Aamir b Khalil 31

Hafiz Khalid not out 93

Kashif Raza run out 1

Sarfraz Ahmed c Humayun b Hussain 6

EXTRAS (B-9, LB-13, NB-10) 32

TOTAL (all out, 117.2 overs) 384

FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-75, 3-127, 4-132, 5-136, 6-152, 7-219, 8-252, 9-258.

BOWLING: Mohammad Khalil 25-4-75-2 (8nb); Junaid Zia 27-9-58-3; Jamshed Ahmed 17-6-48-0; Mohammad Hussain 34-8-124-3; Arsalan Mir 6-0-21-0 (2nb); Jahangir Mirza 4-1-6-0; Ahmed Shahzad 4-0-30-0; Salman Butt 0.2-0-0-1.

LAHORE SHALIMAR (1st Innings):

Salman Butt c Shahzad b Kashif 14

Ahmed Shahzad c Ijaz b Tahir 52

Arsalan Mir c Ayub b Kashif 0

Jahangir Mirza lbw b Tahir 4

Aamir Sajjad c Shahid b Tahir 20

Ashraf Ali not out 35

Humayun Farhat c Mansoor b Tahir 4

Mohammad Hussain not out 8

EXTRAS (LB-1, NB-1) 2

TOTAL (for six wkts, 46 overs) 139

FALL OF WKTS: 1-26, 2-26, 3-48, 4-72, 5-115, 6-129.

TO BAT: Junaid Zia, Mohammad Khalil, Jamshed Ahmed.

BOWLING (to-date): Kashif Raza 13-7-27-2; Sarfraz Ahmed 11-2-29-0; Tahir Mughal 15-2-70-4 (1nb); Mansoor Amjad 7-2-12-0.