Bowlers on top

Published January 9, 2002

KARACHI, Jan 8: As many as 20 wickets fell on the opening day of the Quaid Trophy tie between Peshawar and Rest of NWFP at Arbab Niaz Stadium Tuesday.

According to details available from Peshawar, NWFP were bowled out for 92 after being asked to bat first by Peshawar captain Arshad Khan. Test pacers Fazle Akbar claimed five for 31 and Kabir Khan three for 19.

NWFP hit back to concede just a lead of seven runs as Peshawar tumbled to 99 all out with medium-pacer Shakeel-ur-Rehman taking six for 44 and skipper Sajid Shah three for 30.

Scoreboard

REST OF NWFP (1st Innings):

Ahmed Said lbw b Kabir 0

Imran Hussain b Waqar 33

Ibrahim Afridi c Wasim b Kabir 22

Asmatullah c Shoaib b Fazle 8

Adnan Raees b Fazle 0

Bilal Marwat lbw b Fazle 2

Haji Badshah lbw b Kabir 2

Sajid Shah b Waqar 4

Mohammad Aslam c Wajahat b Fazle 5

Shakeel-ur-Rehman not out 3

Umair Khan lbw b Fazle 0

EXTRAS (LB-6, NB-7) 13

TOTAL (all out, 41.5 overs) 92

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-42, 3-67, 4-67, 5-75, 6-77, 7-79, 8-86, 9-92.

BOWLING: Kabir Khan 12-5-19-3; Fazle Akbar 15.5-4-31-5; Waqar Ahmed 9-0-34-2; Arshad Khan 5-3-2-0.

PESHAWAR (1st Innings):

Riffatullah c Aslam b Shakeel 15

Javed Iqbal b Shakeel 7

Yasir Hameed c Ibrahim b Shakeel 4

Wajahatullah Wasti lbw b Sajid 1

Akhtar Sarfraz c Adnan b Shakeel 0

Shoaib Khan lbw b Shakeel 7

Wasim Yousufi b Umair 10

Arshad Khan c Sajid b Shakeel 2

Waqar Ahmed not out 20

Kabir Khan c Ahmed Said b Sajid 12

Fazle Akbar c Ahmed Said b Sajid 0

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-6, NB-12) 21

TOTAL (all out, 26.1 overs) 99

FALL OF WKTS: 1-21, 2-32, 3-35, 4-38, 5-38, 6-63, 7-65, 8-65, 9-99.

BOWLING: Sajid Shah 10.1-2-30-3; Shakeel-ur-Rehman 13-2-44-6; Umair Khan 3-0-16-1.

UMPIRES: Iftikhar Malik and Zamir Haider.

MATCH REFEREE: Ishtiaq Ahmed.

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