LAHORE, Nov 16: A sparkling century by opener Mansoor Amjad and half-centuries by Imran Nazir and Shahzad Malik gave Sialkot a big 178 runs lead against Karachi Urban (KU) in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League at the National Stadium Karachi on Wednesday.

Mansoor scored 112, cracking 17 boundaries and one six off 138 balls while Imran hit 74 (14 fours, 96 balls) and Shahzad (56) as Sialkot piled up 350 for seven in the first innings while replying to Karachi Urban’s 172. Mansoor also featured in the opening stand of 123 with Faisal Naveed (39).

Left-arm medium-pacer Nasir Khan and right-arm pacer Tabish Khan picked up three wickets for Urban for 103 and 107 runs.

Scoreboard

KARACHI URBAN (1st innings) 172 (Ghulam Ali 66; Mohammad Asif 6-49.

SIALKOT (1st innings, overnight 12 for no loss):

Faisal Naved c Amin b Nasir 39

Mansoor Amjad lbw Nasir 112

Imran Nazir c Amin b Tabish 74

Shahid Yousuf c Amin b Tabish 0

Qaiser Abbas c Maisam b Tabish 14

Faisal Khan c Ariz b Nasir 11

Shahzad Malik batting 56

Hafiz Khalid c Amin b Ahmer 7

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 86 overs) 350

FALL OF WKTS: 1-123, 2-182, 3-185, 4-220, 5-247, 6-267, 7-292.

BOWLING. Nasir Khan 29-4-103-3; Tanvir Ahmed 20-4-74-0; Tabish Khan 25-4- 107-3; Rizwan Saeed 5-0-37-0; Ahmer Saeed 6-2-12-1; Naumanullah 3-1-7-0.