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LAHORE, Jan 9: Devastating bowling by pacemen Waqas Ahmed and Irfan Fazil enabled Lahore Blues secure a big first innings lead of 118 runs against Sialkot on the second day of their Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I match at LCCA Ground Wednesday.
Waqas (five for 45) and Irfan (four for 32) shared nine wickets between them as Sialkot were bundled out for 99 after resuming at 33 for two in reply to Lahore Blues’s 217.
By close of play, the home side strengthened their position by reaching 250 for seven in their second knock. for an overall lead of 368.
Bazid Khan, who featured in two productive stands, was batting on 76 with seven fours. The young right-hander put on 81 for the fifth wicket with Zia-ur-Rehman (43, eight boundaries) and 74 for the sixth wicket with Mohammad Hussain (37).
LAHORE BLUES (1st Innings) 217 (Mohammad Hussain 59, Saleem Elahi 50; Zahid Saeed 4-72, Tahir Mughal 4-74).
SIALKOT (1st Innings, overnight 33-2):
Inam-ul-Haq lbw b Irfan 0
Faisal Naveed c Hussain b Hasnain 1
Hafiz Majid c Humayun b Irfan 38
Obaidullah c Humayun b Waqas 7
Shahzad Malik c Hasnain b Irfan 8
Basit Saeed c Bazid b Irfan 2
Shoaib Malik b Waqas 7
Tahir Mughal c Humayun b Waqas 8
Shakeel Ansar lbw b Waqas 8
Zahid Saeed c Humayun b Waqas 0
Zaman Haider not out 1
EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, W-1, NB-11) 19
TOTAL (all out, 29 overs) 99
FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-12, 3-44, 4-60, 5-66, 6-77, 7-82, 8-88, 9-91.
BOWLING: Hasnain Kazim 8-5-15-1; Irfan Fazil 12-2-32-4; Waqas Ahmed 9-1-45-5.
LAHORE BLUES (2nd Innings):
Sohail Idrees c Inam b Zaman 36
Imran Farhat c Obaid b Zaman 0
Hafiz Yawar lbw b Tahir 15
Bazid Khan not out 76
Saleem Elahi c Inam b Tahir 12
Zia-ur-Rehman c Inam b Zahid 43
Humayun Farhat c Obaid b Tahir 6
Mohammad Hussain run out 37
Waqas Ahmed not out 5
EXTRAS (LB-9, W-2, NB-9) 20
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 62 overs) 250
FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 253, 3-57, 4-72, 5-153, 6-170, 7-244.
BOWLING (to-date): Zahid Saeed 17-2-77-1; Zaman Haider 17-1-17-2; Tahir Mughal
12-4-39-3; Shoaib Malik 13-1-36-0; Hafiz Majid 1-0-12-0; Inam-ul-Haq 2-0-6-0.
