KARACHI, Jan 28: Rawalpindi conceded a first innings lead of 67 runs to Sialkot on the third day of the Quaid Trophy Grade-I fixture Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot Monday.

Rawalpindi, 221 for seven overnight, were dismissed for 299 despite an 89-run eighth-wicket stand between Yasir Arafat (58 off 91 balls, 11 fours) and skipper Naeem Akhtar (41 off 60 balls, seven fours).

Tahir Mughal, a right-arm paceman, claimed all three Pindi wickets Monday to finish with six for 83.

Sialkot, who made 366 in their first innings, extended their overall lead to 158 by closing the day at 91 for one in their second knock.

Scoreboard

SIALKOT (1st Innings) 366 (Shahzad Malik 104, Inam-ul-Haq 83, Hafiz Majid 55; Yasir Arafat 7-102).

RAWALPINDI (1st Innings, overnight 221-7):

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 c Shakeel b Tahir 58

Naeem Akhtar b Tahir 41

Shakeel Ahmed c Shakeel b Tahir 0

Saad Altaf not out 8

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-9, W-8, NB-13) 35

TOTAL (all out, 89.2 overs) 299

FALL OF WKTS: 1-21, 2-22, 3-51, 4-154, 5-179, 6-183, 7-197, 8-286, 9-286.

BOWLING: Zahid Saeed 22-4-86-1; Tahir Mughal 21.2-4-80-6; Zaman Haider 12-5-27-1; Sajjad-ul-Haq 6-3-6-0; Aamir Wasim 22-6-63-1; Faisal Khan 2-0-14-0; Inam-ul-Haq 4-1-9-1.

SIALKOT (2nd Innings):

Faisal Naveed not out 36

Shakeel Ansar c Naseer b Naeem 10

Hafiz Majid not out 36

EXTRAS (NB-9) 9

TOTAL (for one wkt, 26 overs) 91

FALL OF WKT: 1-26.

BOWLING (to-date): Naeem Akhtar 10-3-32-1; Yasir Arafat 9-1-31-0; Saad Altaf 4-0-15-0; Shakeel Ahmed 3-1-13-0.