Pacers put Faisalabad in control

Published November 16, 2005

LAHORE, Nov 15: Faisalabad’s three-pronged pace attack has put their team in command against Lahore Shalimar on the opening day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match at the LCCA Ground on Tuesday.

Right-arm medium pacer Ahmad Hayat took four wickets for 41, left-arm Samiullah Niazi finished with two for 25 while right-arm Asad Ali two for seven runs, as Shalimar were shot out for 76 in 27.2 overs after Faisalabad’s skipper Misbahul Haq put them into bat first.

By close of play, though Faisalabad had lost five wickets but they had gained 51-runs lead on first innings and were 127-5 in 44.2 overs.

Muhammad Hafeez scored 48 with nine fours off 75 balls.

For Lahore Shalimar, right-arm pacers Arslan Mir (3-28) and Fahad Masood (2-41) were the wicket takers.

Scoreboard

LAHORE SHALIMAR (1st innings):

Imran Farhat c Salman b Ahmad 11

Imran Qadir c Salman b Ahmed 14

Muhammad Ashfaq c Naved b Samiullah 4

Sohail Ahmad lbw b Asad 14

Aamer Sajjad lbw Samiullah 0

Arslan Mir lbw Samiullah 3

Humayun Farhat c Salman b Asad 4

Junaid Zia b Ahmad 2

Fahad Masood not out 8

Muhammad Khalil c Salman b Ahmed 4

Usama Aftab run out 0

EXTRAS (LB-3, W-1, NB-8) 12

TOTAL (all out, 27.2 overs) 76

FALL OF WKTS: 1-24, 2-32, 3-32, 4-32, 5-36, 6-56, 7-61, 8-61, 9- 70.

BOWLING: Samiullah Niazi 10-1-25-3; Ahmad Hayat 13.2-2-41-4; Asad Ali 4-1- 7-2.

FAISALABAD (1st innings):

Muhammad Hafeez c Humayun b Fahad 48

Imran Ali c Humayun b Arslan 13

Asif Hussain c Humayun b Arslan 14

Misbahul Haq c Humayun b Arslan 7

Naved Latif lbw Fahad 0

Ijaz Ahmed Jnr batting 28

Imran Khalid batting 5

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-3, NB-8) 12

TOTAL (for five wkts, 44.2 overs) 127

FALL OF WKTS: 1-60, 2-82, 3-82, 4-83, 5-97.

BOWLING: Fahad Masood 13-2-41-2; Junaid Zia 11-3-35-0; Arslan Mir 12-6-28-3; Usama Aftab 3-0-10-0; Muhammad Khalil 4-3-8-0; Imran Farhat 1.2-0-3-0.

UMPIRES: Shakeel Khan-Iqbal Butt.

REFEREE: Khalid Niazi.

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