Peshawar hit back

Published November 12, 2005

LAHORE, Nov 11: Pacer Umar Gul grabbed four wickets to bring Peshawar back in the game against Sialkot on third day of Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League at the Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot on Friday.

Peshawar, who conceded 39-run lead on first innings after being bowled out for 237 against Sialkot’s 276, managed to reduce Sialkot to 148 for eight in the second innings by close of play thanks to Umar’s fiery bowling.

SCOREBOARD

SIALKOT (1st innings): 276 (Faisal Naved 76; Umar Gul 4-85).

PESHAWER (1st innings, overnight 169-7).

Rafatullah c Qaiser b Sarfraz 23

Yasir Hameed b Asif 39

Sajjad Ahmed b Asif 8

Akhtar Sarfraz c Sarfraz b Asif 53

Wajahatullah Wasti c Khalid b Zahid 11

Nawaz Ahmed c Khalid b Asif 8

Jannisar Khan c Shahid b Mansoor 25

Zulfiqar Jan c Faisal b Mansoor 22

Umar Gul c Faisal b Zahid 38

Riaz Afridi lbw b Zahid 1

Fazl-e-Akbar not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-7, NB-2) 9

TOTAL (all out, 78.3 overs) 237

FALL OF WKTS: 1-66, 2-70, 3-76, 4-118, 5-132, 6-159, 7-189, 8- 231, 9-237.

BOWLING: Mohammad Asif 28-6-98-4; Sarfraz Ahmed 22-5-56-1; Zahid Saeed 16.3-3-48-3; Faisal Naved 4-1-10-0; Mansoor Amjad 8-0-18-2;

SIALKOT (2nd innings):

Faisal Naved c Wajahatullah b Fazle 30

Faisal Khan run out 9

Shahid Yousuf lbw b Umar 22

Imran Nazir c Sajjad b Fazle 0

Shehzad Malik c Rafatullah b Umar 23

Qaiser Abbas lbw b Riaz 26

Mansoor Amjad c Wajahatullah b Umar 0

Sarfraz Ahmed c Zulfiqar b Umar 0

Khalid Mahmood not out 24

Zahid Saeed not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-4, NB-5, W-5) 14

TOTAL (for 8 wkts, 45.5 overs) 148

FALL OF WKTS: 1-26, 2-67, 3-67, 4-67, 5-118, 6-119, 7-119, 8-143.

BOWLING: Umar Gul 17-3-59-4; Fazl-e-Akbar 11.5-4-36-2; Riaz Afridi 13-5- 34-1; Jannisar Khan 4-1-15-0.

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