Excellent spell by Farooq

Published January 5, 2006

LAHORE, Jan 4: Fine bowling by left-arm spinner Farooq Iqbal helped Wapda reduce PTCL to 108 for eight as their Patron’s Trophy Grade-I match finally got under way at Sheikhupura Stadium on Wednesday after the first two days’ play washed out due to rain and foggy weather.

Farooq snapped up five for 37.

Only Babar Naeem (33) and Zulqarnain Haider (26) were the prominent scorers.

Scoreboard

PTCL (1st Innings):

Ashar Zaidi b Faisal 1

Usman Tariq c Ahmed b Sarfraz 0

Babar Naeem c Sarfraz b Farooq 33

Zulqarnain Haider b Farooq 26

Mohammad Hussain c and b Farooq 5

Aamir Bashir lbw b Farooq 4

Shahzad Malik lbw b Aqeel 8

Tahir Mughal c Ahmed b Farooq 18

Shahid Hameed not out 6

EXTRAS (LB-5, NB-2) 7

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 54.3 overs) 108

FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-5, 3-56, 4-71, 5-74, 6-75, 7-96, 8-108.

BOWLING (to-date): Sarfraz Ahmed 17-8-16-1; Faisal Irfan 7-2-13-1; Bilal Khilji 5-2-8-0; Farooq Iqbal 17.3-7-37-5; Aqeel Ahmed 8-1-29-1.

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