Faisalabad on top

Published October 19, 2005

LAHORE, Oct 18: Fine bowling by left-arm medium fast bowler Samiullah Niazi and leg-spinner Imran Khalid, who took eight wickets between them, guided Faisalabad into a winning position against Sialkot in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Tuesday.

SCOREBOARD

SIALKOT (1st Innings) 207 (Imran Khalid 6-94).

FAISALABAD (1st Innings) 200 (Asif Hussain 74; Rana Navedul Hasan 6-54).

SIALKOT (2nd Innings):

Imran Nazir b Sami 2

Faisal Naved run out 12

Mansoor Amjad c Salman b Sami 41

Qaiser Abbas lbw b Sami 25

Bilal Hussain b Imran 4

Shahzad Malik c Ijaz b Sami 1

Rana Navedul Hasan lbw b Imran 0

Zahid Saeed b Khurram 15

Hafiz Khalid c Misbah b Imran 38

Abdul Rahman lbw b Imran 0

Sarfraz Ahmed not out 2

EXTRAS (B-1, NB-2) 3

TOTAL (all out, 65.5 overs) 143

FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-45, 3-72, 4-85, 5-86, 6-87, 7-87, 8-127, 9-134.

BOWLING: Samiullah Khan 16-5-26-4; Asad Ali 9-0-35-0; Ahmed Hayat 9-2-23-0; Imran Khalid 22.5-4-42-4; Khurram Shahzad 9-2-16-1.

FAISALABAD (2nd Innings):

Imran Ali lbw b Rana Naved 0

Mohammad Zahid not out 15

Asif Hussain not out 19

EXTRAS 0

TOTAL (for one wkt, 17 overs) 34

FALL OF WKT: 1-0.

BOWLING (to-date): Rana Navedul Hasan 5-2-13-1; Sarfraz Ahmed 5-2-13-0; Abdul Rahman 4-2-4-0; Qaiser Abbas 3-1-11-0.

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