February 04, 2007	Sunday	Muharram 15, 1428

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LAHORE, Feb 3: Tahir Mughal claimed a six-wicket haul to put Sialkot in sight of victory after Lahore Shalimar were forced to follow-on in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League fixture at the Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot on Saturday.

Tahir finished with six for 77 as Lahore Shalimar were skittled out for 170 in first innings after resuming at 139 for six in reply to Sialkot’s total of 384.

However, Lahore Shalimar fared better in the second innings with skipper Salman Butt (82) and Ahmed Shahzad (67) putting on 123 for the opening wicket.

The visitors ended the day at 198 for three and are still 26 runs in arrears to make Sialkot bat again.

Scoreboard

SIALKOT (1st Innings) 384 (Hafiz Khalid 93, Mohammad Ayub 81).

LAHORE SHALIMAR (1st Innings, overnight 139-6):

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 c Majid b Kashif 43

Humayun Farhat c Mansoor b Tahir 4

Mohammad Hussain b Tahir 23

Junaid Zia c Shahid b Tahir 5

Jamshed Ahmed run out 0

Mohammad Khalil not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-2, NB-3) 5

TOTAL (all out, 57.1 overs) 170

FALL OF WKTS: 1-26, 2-26, 3-48, 4-72, 5-115, 6-129, 7-158, 8-166, 9-170.

BOWLING: Kashif Raza 19-8-50-3 (2nb); Sarfraz Ahmed 11-2-29-0; Tahir Mughal 20.1-3-77-6 (1nb); Mansoor Amjad 7-2-12-0.

LAHORE SHALIMAR (2nd Innings, following-on):

Salman Butt c Atiq b Sarfraz 82

Ahmed Shahzad lbw b Mansoor 67

Humayun Farhat c Shahid b Mansoor 10

Jahangir Mirza not out 17

Aamir Sajjad not out 15

EXTRAS (LB-5, NB-2) 7

TOTAL (for three wkts, 43 overs) 198

FALL OF WKTS: 1-123, 2-162, 3-171.

BOWLING (to-date): Kashif Raza 12-1-65-0; Tahir Mughal 13-3-49-0 (2nb); Sarfraz Ahmed 11-1-42-1; Shahid Yousuf 2-0-15-0; Mansoor Amjad 5-0-22-2.