Yasir and Shahzad dominate

Published January 28, 2002

KARACHI, Jan 27: Rawalpindi were struggling at 221 for seven in reply to Sialkot’s first innings score of 366 on the second day of the Quaid Trophy Grade-I fixture Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot Sunday.

Earlier, Shahzad Malik completed a century as Pindi paceman Yasir Arafat finished with seven for 102.

Scoreboard

SIALKOT (1st Innings, overnight 337-7):

Faisal Naveed c Wasim b Naeem 22

Shakeel Ansar c Naved b Yasir 4

Hafiz Majid lbw b Yasir 55

Inam-ul-Haq c Nauman b Yasir 83

Faisal Khan lbw b Yasir 21

Shahzad Malik c Nauman b Naeem 104

Tahir Mughal b Yasir 0

Sajjad Haq c Naseer b Naeem 32

Aamir Wasim c Nauman b Yasir 28

Zahid Saeed lbw b Yasir 0

Zaman Haider not out 1

EXTRAS (LB-2, W-2, NB-12) 16

TOTAL (all out, 92.3 overs) 366

FALL OF WKTS: 1-7, 2-41, 3-116, 4-150, 5-256, 6-256, 7-307, 8-351, 9-351.

BOWLING: Naeem Akhtar 26.3-3-101-3; Yasir Arafat 26-2-102-7; Saad Altaf 6-0-45-0; Shakeel Ahmed 29-7-90-0; Babar Naeem 3-0-14-0; Naved Ashraf 2-0-12-0.

RAWALPINDI (1st Innings):

Naved Ashraf c Inam b Tahir 11

Babar Naeem lbw b Tahir 8

Nauman Aman c Tahir b Zaman 12

Naseer Ahmed c Faisal b Inam 91

Mohammad Wasim c Shahzad b Zahid 1

Hasham Iqbal c Faisal b Aamir 31

Mohammad Zubair c Aamir b Tahir 3

Yasir Arafat not out 19

Naeem Akhtar not out 18

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-8, W-3, NB-11) 27

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 70.2 overs) 221

FALL OF WKTS: 1-21, 2-22, 3-51, 4-154, 5-179, 6-183, 7-197.

TO BAT: Saad Altaf, Shakeel Ahmed.

BOWLING (to-date): Zahid Saeed 18.2-3-61-1; Tahir Mughal 16-4-53-3; Zaman Haider 9-4-18-1; Sajjad-ul-Haq 3-1-5-0; Aamir Wasim 18-6-43-1; Faisal Khan 2-0-14-0; Inam-ul-Haq 4-1-9-1.

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