February 10, 2007	Saturday	Muharram 21, 1428

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LAHORE, Feb 9: Lahore Shalimar, who are certain to be relegated next season, obtained an unlikely first-innings lead of 13 runs against Rawalpindi in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League tie at the LCCA Ground on Friday.

Resuming at 291 for five, Lahore Shalimar were all out for 343 while losing the remaining five wickets for 52 runs on the third day. Medium-pacer Yasir Arafat bowled superbly to claim six for 84.

Rawalpindi were 71 for three in their second innings when stumps were drawn for the day soon after tea because of bad light.

Scoreboard

RAWALPINDI (1st Innings) 330 (Mohammad Wasim 75, Babar Naeem 63).

LAHORE SHALIMAR (1st Innings, overnight 291-5):

Ashfaq Ahmed c Sajid b Yasir 0

Ahmed Shahzad lbw b Najaf 9

Salman Butt c Sohail b Yasim 166

Imran Farhat c Sajid b Yasir 42

Amir Sajjad lbw b Yasir 49

Ashraf Ali lbw b Yasir 5

Mohammad Hussain b Najaf 39

Humayun Farhat c Sohail b Yasir 4

Junaid Zia b Yasir 0

Irfan Fazil lbw b Sohail 0

Mohammad Khalil not out 5

EXTRAS (B-6, LB-4, NB-14) 24

TOTAL (all out, 102.1 overs) 343

FALL OF WKTS:1-0, 2-38, 3-123, 4-278, 5-284, 6-292, 7-304, 8-304, 9-313.

BOWLING: Yasir Arafat 27-8-84-6 (3nb); Najaf Shah 26.1-3-83-2 (2nb); Sohail Tanvir 21-2-70-1 (9nb); Naveed Qureshi 1-0-4-0; Yasim Murtaza 18-2-60-1; Babar Naeem 9-1-32-0.

RAWALPINDI (2nd Innings):

Yasim Murtaza lbw b Junaid 1

Babar Naeem c Irfan b Khalil 14

Pervez Aziz c Humayun b Irfan 8

Naveed Qureshi not out 18

Mohammad Wasim not out 16

EXTRAS (B-9, LB-1, NB-4) 14

TOTAL (for three wkts, 28 overs) 71

FALL OF WKTS: 1-15, 2-2, 3-42.

BOWLING (to-date): Mohammad Khalil 8-3-18-1; Junaid Zia 11-5-22-1 (1nb); Irfan Fazil 4-0-21-1 (3nb).