LAHORE, Nov 10: Medium-pacer Muhammad Asif’s four wickets brightened Sialkot chances to gain first innings lead against defending champions Peshawar in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League at the Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot on Thursday.

Asif conceded 24 runs for his four wickets as Peshawar were reeling 189-7 by close of play in reply to Sialkots’ first innings total of 276. Akhtar Sarfraz (55) was the only Peshawar batsman to show defiance.

Scoreboard

SIALKOT (1st innings, overnight 249-7):

Imran Nazir c Umar b Fazle 33

Faisal Naved c Wasti b Umar 76

Faisal Khan c n b Fazle 4

Shahid Yousuf c Yasir b Umar 27

Qaisar Abbas c Yasir b Riaz 23

Shahzad Malik lbw b Umar 5

Mansoor Amjad c Zulifqar b Umar 33

Hafiz Khalil not out 29

Zahid Saeed b Fazle 18

M. Asif c Wasti b Fazle 0

Sarfraz Ahmed c Sajjad b Fazle 12

EXTRAS (lb-8, w-8) 16

TOTAL (for all out, 83.1 overs) 276

FALL OF WKTS: 1-53, 2-57, 3-106, 4-148,

5-153, 6-206, 7-229, 8- 256, 9-256.

BOWLING: Umar Gul 29-6-85-4; Fazle Akbar 21.1- 3-80-5; Riaz Afridi 9-2-56- 1; Jannisar Khan 19-3-54-0; Rafat Ullah 5-0-13-0.

PESHAWAR (1st innings):

Rafat Ullah c Qaiser b Sarfraz 23

Yasir Hameed b Asif 39

Sajjad Ahmed b M Asif 8

Akhtar Sarfraz c Sarfraz b Asif 55

Wajahatullah c Khalid b Zahid 11

Nawaz Ahmed c Khalid b Asif 8

Janisar Khan batting 18

Zulifqar Jan c Faisal b Mansoor 22

Umar Gul batting 0

EXTRAS (lb-6, nb-1) 7

TOTAL (for seven wks, 60 overs) 189

FALL OF WKTS: 1-66, 2-70, 3-76, 4-118,

5-132, 6-139, 7-189.

BOWLING: Muhammad Asif 24-5-84-4; Sarfraz Ahmed 15-4-38-1; Zahid Saeed 3 / ? 15-2-48-1; Faisal Naved 4-1-10-0; Mansoor Amjad 2-0-3-1.