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LAHORE, Oct 24: Former Test opener Imran Nazir blasted an unbeaten 97 to inspire Sialkot to a six-wicket victory over Lahore Shalimar in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match at the LCCA Ground on Monday.
Imran, the Sialkot captain, made light work of a target of 228 by hammering 17 boundaries during his 96-ball innings.
Imran received good support from Qaiser Abbas (44, eight fours) as the pair bludgeoned 94 runs in 59 minutes to earn Sialkot six points for the second game running.
Earlier, Lahore Shalimar were all out for 174 in the second innings after starting at 109 for six. Left-arm pacer Zahid Saeed finished with four for 67 as only ex-Test wicket-keeper Humayun Farhat batted with some authority to score 46.
SCOREBOARD
LAHORE SHALIMAR (1st innings) 178 (Sohail Ahmed 85; Zahid Saeed 4-67).
SIALKOT (1st Innings) 128 (Fahad Masood 4-50).
LAHORE SHALIMAR (2nd Innings, overnight 109-6):
Ashfaq Ahmed c F. Khan b Sarfraz 9
Sohail Ahmed lbw b A. Rahman 36
Khaqan Arsal c F. Khan b F. Naved 25
Kamran Sajid lbw b Sarfraz 5
Aamir Sajjad b Zahid 10
Arsalan Mir c Imran b Zahid 9
Jahangir Mirza c F. Khan b Sarfraz 2
Humayun Farhat c Imran b Zahid 46
Junaid Zia b Zahid 13
Fahad Masood lbw b A. Rahman 0
Aizaz Cheema not out 2
EXTRAS (B-8, LB-3, W-2, NB-4) 17
TOTAL (all out, 65.4 overs) 174
FALL OF WKTS: 1-28, 2-80, 3-80, 4-87, 5-98, 6-101,7-113, 8-157, 9-172.
BOWLING: Sarfraz Ahmed 18-6-42-3; Zahid Saeed 24-6-67-4; Abdul Rahman 15.4-6-27-2; Faisal Naved 8-2-27-1.
SIALKOT (2nd innings):
Imran Nazir not out 97
Faisal Naved lbw b Fahad 7
Shahid Yousuf c Aamir b Junaid 23
Faisal Khan lbw Arsalan 32
Shahzad Malik lbw b Kamran 0
Qaiser Abbas not out 44
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-11, W-5, NB-8) 25
TOTAL (for four wkts, 42.5 overs) 228
FALL OF WKTS: 1-27, 2-63, 3-127, 4-134.
BOWLING: Fahad Masood 10-1-58-1; Junaid Zia 9.4-0-51-1; Aizaz Cheema 7.1-0-62-0; Sohail Ahmed 3-0-12-0; Kamran Sajid 7-2-16-1; Arsalan Mir 6-2-17-1.
RESULT: Sialkot won by six wickets.
UMPIRES: Salim Badar and Afzaal Ahmed.
MATCH REFEREE: Abdul Sami Khan.
