LAHORE, Oct 28: Half-centuries by Aamir Sajjad and captain Junaid Zia helped Lahore Shalimar score a respectable first innings total of 224 for nine against defending champions Peshawar in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League at the LCCA Ground on Friday.

Aamir scored 55 with six boundaries while Junaid,was batting at 51, hitting seven fours.

Scoreboard

LAHORE SHALIMAR (1st innings):

Muhammad Ishfaq c Wajahat b Fazle 36

Sohail Ahmed c Zulifqar b Waqar 1

Khaqan Arsal c Wajahat b Riaz 8

Kamran Sajid lbw Riaz 4

Aamir Sajjad b Aslam 55

Arslan Mir c Zulifqar b Fazle 0

Ali Hussain c Zulifqar b Waqar 7

Humayun Farhat b Fazle 25

Junaid Zia batting 51

Fahad Masood b Aslam 17

Muhammad Khalil batting 4

EXTRAS (LB-5, NB-3) 8

TOTAL (for nine wkts, 79 overs) 224

FALL OF WKTS: 1-16, 2-42, 3-46, 4-54, 5-54, 6-74, 7-118, 8-154, 9-204.

BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 18.2-5-42-3; Waqar Ahmed 14-2-46-2; Riaz Afridi 22-5- 61-2; Aslam Qureshi 24-4-66-2; Mohammad Fayyaz 1-0-4-0.

UMPIRES: Shakeel Khan-Afzaal Ahmed.

REFEREE: Azhar Khan.