Sialkot in trouble

Published January 3, 2002

LAHORE, Jan 2: A deadly spell by Jaffar Nazir  enabled Sheikhupura to reduce Sialkot to 54 for seven in their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match at Country  Club, Muridke, according to a message received Wednesday.

The  match started at 2.00pm due to foggy weather. Only 26 overs of play was possible.

Jaffar captured four for 26 in 13 overs while Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan and Kashif Raza captured two and one wicket, respectively.

Scoreboard

SILAKOT (1st Innings):

Inam-ul-Haq lbw b Jaffar 3

Faisal Naveed c Jamshed b Rana Naveed 20

Hafiz Majid c Rana Naveed b Jaffar 0

Basit Saeed c Sarwar b Kashif 5

Asif Humayun b Jaffar 1

Shoaib Malik b Jaffar 15

Shakeel not out 2

Zahid Saeed b Rana Naveed 2

Tahir Mughal not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-3, NB-3) 6

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 26.4 overs) 54

FALL OF WKTS: 1-9, 2-9, 3-18, 4-31, 5-50, 6-50, 7-54.

BOWLING: Kashif Raza 10-3-25-1; Jaffar Nazir 13-5-17-4; Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 4.4-1-8-2.

UMPIRES: Feroz Butt and Siddique Khan.

MATCH REFEREE: Mian Pervez.

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