Gold League: Sialkot sitting pretty

Published November 30, 2005

LAHORE, Nov 29: Paceman Tahir Mughal claimed seven for 59 to help Sialkot take 130-run lead on the first innings against Rawalpindi in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League match at Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot on Tuesday.

Tahir, who had taken four wickets on Monday, added three more as Rawalpindi were all out for 115 in 59 overs in reply to Sialkot’s 245.

By stumps Sialkot increased their lead to 264 by reaching 134-5 in the second innings.

Scoreboard

SIALKOT (1st Innings) 245.

RAWALPINDI (1st Innings, overnight 64-5):

Mohammad Wasim b Tahir 17

Babar Naeem c and b Tahir 3

Usman Saeed c Shahzad b Tahir 12

Pervez Aziz run out 7

Naveed Qureshi b Tahir 0

Asim Iqbal lbw b Tahir 13

Yasir Arafat c Khalid b Tahir 14

Sohail Tanvir c Mansoor b Tahir 10

Sajid Mahmood c Atif b Rahman 10

Najaf Shah run out 18

Rizwan Akbar not out 7

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-2, NB-1) 4

TOTAL (all out, 59 overs) 115

FALL OF WKTS: 1-4, 2-35, 3-33, 4-33, 5-49, 6-65, 7-66, 8-86, 9-107.

BOWLING: Sarfraz Ahmed 24-10-43-0; Tahir Mughal 29-11-59-7 (1nb); Faisal Naved 1-0-6-0; Abdul Rahman 5-2-4-1.

SIALKOT (2nd Innings):

Imran Nazir c Asim b Yasir 2

Faisal Naved b Rizwan 21

Bilal Hussain lbw b Yasir 8

Atiqur Rahman run out 6

Shahid Yousuf b Rizwan 12

Mansoor Amjad not out 22

Hafiz Khalid not out 38

EXTRAS (B-9, LB-6, NB-10) 25

TOTAL (for five wkts, 42.1 overs) 134

FALL OF WKTS: 1-2, 2-12, 3-32, 4-55, 5-60.

BOWLING (to-date): Yasir Arafat 14-2-37-2 (1nb); Najaf Shah 15-1-40-0 (5nb); Sohail Tanvir 4.1-1-13-0 (4nb); Rizwan Akbar 8-2-28-2; Babar Naeem 1-0-1-0.

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