KARACHI, April 9: The combined NWFP-Balochistan regional outfit took first-day’s honours after bowling out Sindh for a modest first-innings total in the Pentangular Cup match at the National Stadium here on Monday.

Pacemen Nasir Jalil (4-60), Shakeel-ur-Rehman (3-64) and Faisal Irfan (3-25) combined to bowl out Sindh for 234 after NWFP-Balochistan skipper Arshad Khan won the toss on a lively track.

In fact, Sindh were in dire straits at 73 for six. But Rizwan Ahmed (58 off 92 balls, eight fours), Tahir Khan (an unbeaten 70 off 106 balls, four fours and three sixes) and Mohammad Sami added some sort of respectability to the total.

By close of play, NWFP-Balochistan had reached 84 for one with Pakistan reject Yasir Hameed batting on 48.

Scoreboard

SINDH (1st Innings):

Agha Sabir c Ahmed Said b Nasir 14

Faisal Athar c Riaz b Faisal 1

Asif Zakir c Ahmed Said b Shakeel 17

Shahid Qambrani c Ahmed Said b Nasir 1

Faisal Iqbal c Shoaib Jr b Nasir 1

Rizwan Ahmed lbw b Nasir 58

Amin-ur-Rehman c Ahmed Said b Nasir 8

Mohammad Sami b Shakeel 27

Tahir Khan not out 70

Farhan Ayub b Faisal 9

Uzair-ul-Haq c Shoaib Jr b Faisal 1

EXTRAS (B-10, LB-3, W-2, NB-12) 27

TOTAL (all out, 67.2 overs) 234

FALL OF WKTS: 1-22, 2-22, 3-24, 4-27, 5-62, 6-73, 7-125, 8-168, 9-228.

BOWLING: Shakeel-ur-Rehman 18-4-64-3 (1nb, 2w); Nasir Khan 21-5-60-4; Faisal Irfan 8.2-0-25-3 (2nb); Janisar Khan 7-0-40-0 (6nb); Arshad Khan 13-2-32-0 (3nb).

NWFP-BALOCHISTAN (1st Innings):

Shoaib Khan Jr b Farhan 24

Yasir Hameed not out 48

Riaz Kail not out 9

EXTRAS (NB-3) 3

TOTAL (for one wkt, 20 overs) 84

FALL OF WKT: 1-53.

TO BAT: Shoaib Khan Sr, Adnan Raees, Janisar Khan, Ahmed Said, Arshad Khan, Faisal Irfan, Shakeel-ur-Rehman, Nasir Jalil.

BOWLING (to-date): Mohammad Sami 7-0-42-0; Farhan Ayub 8-1-26-1; Uzair-ul-Haq 3-0-8-0 (3nb); Agha Sabir 1-0-8-0; Tahir Khan 1-1-0-0.

UMPIRES: Zameer Haider and Raweed Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Khalid Niazi.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Muhammad Ahsan.