KARACHI, Oct 23: Defending champions Peshawar endured a torrid day as Faisalabad strengthened their position in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League fixture at the Arbab Niaz Stadium on Sunday.

The hosts were in trouble at 80 for three after Faisalabad, the last season’s runners-up, carried their overnight score from 270 for four to 482 all out on the second day of the four-day clash.

Ex-Test paceman Fazle Akbar, however, stood out with excellent figures of seven for 84, but found no support from the other end as Ijaz Ahmed Jr (83 with nine fours and two sixes) and Ahmed Hayat (67 with 11 fours) added 119 for the seventh-wicket.

Scoreboard

FAISALABAD (1st Innings, overnight 270-4):

Imran Ali b Fazle 74

Mohammad Zahid c Wajahat b Fazle 9

Asif Hussain c Aftab b Aslam 77

Khurram Shahzad c Wajahat b Fazle 75

Misbahul Haq lbw b Fazle 35

Samiullah Niazi b Fazle 0

Ijaz Ahmed Jr c Riffat b Aslam 83

Ahmed Hayat c Yasir b Fazle 67

Imran Khalid b Wajahat 4

Mohammad Salman c Aftab b Fazle 24

Asad Ali not out 8

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-3, W-5, NB-14) 23

TOTAL (all out, 142.1 overs) 482

FALL OF WKTS: 1-19, 2-128, 3-204, 4-267, 5-283, 6-284, 7-403, 8-413, 9-471.

BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 30.1-5-84-7; Waqar Ahmed 25-4-110-0 (10nb); Nauman Habib 25-2-125-0 (4nb, 5w); Aslam Qureshi 53-18-130-2; Wajahatullah Wasti 7-1-21-1; Yasir Hameed 1-0-7-0; Aftab Khan 1-0-1-0.

PESHAWAR (1st Innings):

Riffatullah Mohmand not out 27

Yasir Hameed c Salman b Ahmed 5

Wajahatullah Wasti lbw b Sami 17

Shoaib Khan c Misbah b Asad 6

Akhtar Sarfraz not out 14

EXTRAS (B-10, NB-1) 11

TOTAL (for three wkts, 23 overs) 80

FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-31, 3-54.

TO BAT: Aftab Khan, Zulfiqar Jan, Aslam Qureshi, Waqar Ahmed, Nauman Habib, Fazle Akbar.

BOWLING (to-date): Samiullah Niazi 6-0-26-1 (1nb); Ahmed Hayat 7-1-14-1; Imran Khalid 6-0-23-0; Asad Ali 4-2-7-1.