LAHORE, Jan 10: Sialkot were in dire straits after they were left facing a daunting task of scoring 285 runs with six wickets intact to avert an innings defeat against Lahore Blues on the third day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I match at LCCA Ground Thursday.
Lahore Blues, who earned a lead of 118 on first innings, declared their second innings at 341 for nine after resuming at 250 for seven. They eventually declared having gained an overall lead of 459.
At stumps, Sialkot were 185 for four with Hafiz Majid contributing a spirited 68 and opener Inam-ul-Haq 49. The pair added 95 for the third wicket.
Earlier, Bazid Khan went after adding just eight to his overnight 76. Irfan Fazil (51) and Hasnain Kazim (19), however, stole the limelight by collecting 73 runs in their unbroken 10th wicket stand in 40 minutes.
LAHORE BLUES (1st Innings) 217 (Mohammad Hussain 59, Saleem Elahi 50; Zahid Saeed 4-72, Tahir Mughal 4-74).
SIALKOT (1st Innings) 99 (Waqas Ahmed 5-45, Irfan Fazil 4-32).
LAHORE BLUES (2nd Innings, overnight 250-7):
Sohail Idrees c Inam b Zaman 36
Imran Farhat c Obaid b Zaman 0
Hafiz Yawar lbw b Tahir 15
Bazid Khan b Zahid 84
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 c Shahzad b Zahid 8
Irfan Fazil not out 51
Hasnain Kazim not out 19
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-15, W-3, NB-11) 30
TOTAL (for nine dec, 82.5 overs) 341
FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 253, 3-57, 4-72, 5-153, 6-170, 7-244, 8-262, 9-263.
BOWLING: Zahid Saeed 27.5-4-118-3; Zaman Haider 23-1-89-2; Tahir Mughal 12-4-39-3; Shoaib Malik 17-1-61-0; Hafiz Majid 1-0-12-0; Inam-ul-Haq 2-0-6-0.
SIALKOT (2nd Innings):
Faisal Naveed b Hasnain 13
Basit Saeed c Saleem b Hasnain 8
Hafiz Majid lbw b Hussain 68
Inam-ul-Haq b Imran 49
Shahzad Malik not out 17
Obaidullah not out 2
EXTRAS (B-6, LB-12, NB-10) 28
TOTAL (for four wkts, 58 overs) 185
FALL OF WKTS: 1-27, 2-46, 3-141, 4-176.
BOWLING (to-date): Hasnain Kazim 15-2-51-2; Irfan Fazil 11-0-54-0; Mohammad Hussain 14-11-3-1; Waqas Ahmed 16-2-56-0; Imran Farhat 2-0-3-1.
