Tahir puts Sialkot on top

Published November 29, 2005

LAHORE, Nov 28: Devastating bowling by paceman Tahir Mughal put Sialkot firmly in control of their Quaid Trophy Gold League match against Rawalpindi at Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot on Monday. Tahir captured all four wickets to fall to the bowlers as Rawalpindi were reduced to 64 for five while replying to Sialkot’s 245.

Scoreboard

SIALKOT (1st Innings, overnight 146-5):

Imran Nazir lbw b Yasir 19

Faisal Naved c Wasim b Najaf 0

Atiqur Rahman run out 37

Bilal Hussain lbw b Yasir 1

Shahid Yousuf c Sajid b Rizwan 46

Shahzad Malik b Yasir 28

Mansoor Amjad c Wasim b Najaf 22

Tahir Mughal c Sajid b Rizwan 32

Hafiz Khalid c Wasim b Najaf 4

Abdul Rahman not out 18

Sarfraz Ahmed c Pervez b Rizwan 0

EXTRAS (B-17, LB-10, NB-11) 38

TOTAL (all out, 84 overs) 245

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-18, 3-32, 4-111, 5-113, 6-166, 7-183, 8-192, 9-245.

BOWLING: Yasir Arafat 24-4-79-3; Najaf Shah 23-6-46-3; Sohail Tanvir 17-3-50-0; Rizwan Akbar 18-5-43-3.

RAWALPINDI (1st Innings):

Mohammad Wasim b Tahir Mughal 17

Babar Naeem c and b Tahir Mughal 3

Usman Saeed c Shahzad b Tahir Mughal 12

Pervez Aziz run out 7

Naveed Qureshi b Tahir Mughal 0

Asim Iqbal not out 12

Yasir Arafat not out 13

EXTRAS 0

TOTAL (for five wkts, 27 overs) 64

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-35, 3-33, 4-33, 5-49.

BOWLING (to-date): Sarfraz Ahmed 13-4-27-0; Tahir Mughal 13-5-31-4; Faisal Naved 1-0-6-0.

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