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LAHORE, Jan 8: Pacers Tahir Mughal and Zahid Saeed shared eight wickets between them to help Sialkot restrict Lahore Blues to 217 on first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I match at LCCA Ground Tuesday.
By close of play, Sialkot replied with 33 for two.
Put into bat, Lahore Blues were rescued by Test rejects Mohammad Hussain (59) and captain Saleem Elahi (50). Hussain hit seven fours and one six during his 55-ball knock.
Elahi cracked six boundaries in his 94-ball innings.
Tahir Mughal sent down 19.3 overs to claim four for 74 while left-armer Zahid Saeed took four for 72 in 22 overs.
LAHORE BLUES (1st Innings):
Sohail Idrees c Shoaib b Tahir 4
Imran Farhat c Faisal b Tahir 0
Zia-ur-Rehman c Shoaib b Zahid 0
Bazid Khan c Obaid b Tahir 36
Saleem Elahi c Shakeel b Zaman 50
Hafiz Yawar lbw b Zahid 9
Humayun Farhat c Basit b Shoaib 19
Mohammad Hussain lbw b Tahir 59
Waqas Ahmed c Shoaib b Zahid 6
Irfan Fazil c Shakeel b Zahid 16
Hasnain Kazim not out 0
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-4, W-9, NB-4) 18
TOTAL (all out, 60.3 overs) 217
FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-11, 3-15, 4-98, 5-106, 6-128, 7-148, 8-170, 9-217.
BOWLING: Tahir Mughal 19.3-3-74-4; Zahid Saeed 22-3-72-4; Zaman Haider 13-3-32-1; Shoaib Malik 6-0-34-1.
SIALKOT (1st Innings):
Inam-ul-Haq lbw b Irfan 0
Faisal Naveed c Hussain b Hasnain 1
Hafiz Majid not out 21
Obaidullah not out 5
EXTRAS (LB-2, NB-4) 6
TOTAL (for two wkts, 12 overs) 33
FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-12.
BOWLING (to-date): Hasnain Kazim 6-4-13-1; Irfan Fazil 6-1-18-1.
UMPIRES: Feroz Butt and Waqar A. Mughal.
MATCH REFEREE: Sultan Rana.
