LAHORE, Oct 22: Despite a fighting knock by opener Sohail Ahmed, Lahore Shalimar were bundled out for a first innings total of 178 against Sialkot on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League tie at the LCCA Ground on Saturday.

Asked to bat first, Lahore Shalimar made a solid start through openers Sohail and Ashfaq Ahmed who put on 58. But when Ashfaq was bowled by left-arm medium pacer Zahid Saeed for 29, the hosts lost six wickets in quick succession.

But Sohail, who made 85 with 11 fours and one six, then found good support from skipper Junaid Zia (27).

Zahid finished with four for 67.

By close of play, Sialkot were 26 for one.

Scoreboard

LAHORE SHALIMAR (1st Innings):

Ashfaq Ahmed b Zahid 29

Sohail Ahmed b Zahid 85

Khaqan Arsal lbw b Zahid 2

Kamran Sajid c Khalid b Zahid 0

Aamir Sajjad c Shahid b Sarfraz 3

Arsalan Mir c Khalid b Sarfraz 0

Jahangir Mirza lbw A. Rahman 1

Humayun Farhat c Khalid b Sarfraz 8

Junaid Zia c Qaiser b Faisal 27

Fahad Masood c Qaiser b A. Rahman 0

Aizaz Cheema not out 3

EXTRAS (B-6, LB-8, W-5, NB-1) 20

TOTAL (all out, 72.5 overs) 178

FALL OF WKTS: 1-58, 2-64, 3-58, 4-75, 5-75, 6-99,7-112, 8-157, 9-157.

BOWLING: Jaffar Nazir 3.4-1-5-0; Sarfraz Ahmed 28-9-48-3; Zahid Saeed 23.1-4-67-4; Abdul Rahman 16-5-40-2; Faisal Naved 2-0-4-1.

SIALKOT (1st Innings):

Imran Nazir c Arsalan b Fahad 8

Faisal Naved not out 5

Abdul Rahman not out 7

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-1, NB-4) 6

TOTAL (for one wkt, 8 overs) 26

FALL OF WKT: 1-13.

BOWLING (to-date): Fahad Masood 4-0-13-1; Junaid Zia 4-1-11-0.

UMPIRES: Salim Badar and Afzaal Ahmed.

MATCH REFEREE: Abdul Sami Khan.