LAHORE, Oct 16: Imran Khalid, the Faisalabad leg-spinner, grabbed six for 94 as Sialkot were restricted to a modest first-innings score of 207 in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League tie at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Sunday.

Imran, who bowled 31.4 overs for his haul, never allowed Sialkot batsmen to bat with freedom.

Test discard Imran Nazir scored 30 but Shahzad Malik top-scored with 40 with six boundaries before both of them were dismissed by the impressive Imran Khalid.

By close of play, Faisalabad were 20 without loss.

Scoreboard

SIALKOT (1st Innings):

Imran Nazir c A. Imran b Imran Khalid 30

Faisal Naved c Ijaz b Imran Khalid 15

Bilal Hussain lbw b Imran Khalid 7

Qaiser Abbas c Salman b Sami 15

Shahzad Malik lbw b Imran Khalid 40

Mansoor Amjad c Ijaz b Sami 0

Rana Navedul Hasan c Misbah b Asad 39

Abdul Rahman c Salman b Asad 23

Hafiz Khalid c Saeed b Imran 8

Sarfraz Ahmed b Imran 15

Zahid Saeed not out 1

EXTRAS (B-3, LB-4, NB-7) 14

TOTAL (all out, 71.4 overs) 207

FALL OF WKTS: 1-30, 2-57, 3-62, 4-100, 5-100, 6-137, 7-174, 8-188, 9-199.

BOWLING: Samiullah Niazi 17-6-35-2; Asad Ali 15-6-40-2; Imran Khalid 31.4-6-94-6; Ahmed Hayat 9-2-31-0.

FAISALABAD (1st Innings):

Imran Ali not out 12

Mohammad Zahid not out 7

EXTRAS (LB-1) 1

TOTAL (for no wkt, 10 overs) 20

BOWLING (to-date): Rana Navedul Hasan 5-1-12-0; Sarfraz Ahmed 4-1-7-0; Abdul Rahman 1-1-0-0.

UMPIRES: Zamir Haider and Kaukab Butt.

MATCH REFEREE: Saadat Ali.