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LAHORE, Feb 1: Zeeshan Khan and Shafiq Ahmed rescued Rest of Punjab from total disaster against Peshawar on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-I match at Gaddafi Stadium Friday.
Put into bat first, Rest of Punjab lost their first seven wickets for 98 runs but recovered to reach 202 in their first innings.
Peshawar were 57 without loss.
Zeeshan and Shafiq lifted Punjab out of deep trouble by putting on 76 fir the eighth-wicket. Zeeshan batted watchfully for an unbeaten 89 off 155 balls in 198 minutes. He slammed 11 fours and two sixes. Shafiq scored 38 off 59 balls with four fours and two sixes.
REST OF PUNJAB (1st Innings):
Saeed Anwar Jr c Zulfiqar b Fazle 0
Rizwan Ahmed c Zulfiqar b Kabir 6
Mohammad Fazil c Wajahat b Taimur 23
Aamir Bashir lbw b Kabir 0
Sufian Munir c Zulfiqar b Fazle 2
Wasim Majeed lbw b Waqar 2
Zeeshan Khan not out 89
Abdur Rauf b Waqar 1
Shafiq Ahmed c Yasir b Taimur 38
Mir Usman c Zulfiqar b Taimur 0
Asim Butt run out 11
EXTRAS (B-8, LB-5, W-1, NB-16) 30
TOTAL (all out, 65.5 overs) 202
FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-14, 3-14, 4-24, 5-48, 6-60, 7-98, 8-174, 9-175.
BOWLING: Kabir Khan 12-1-57-2; Fazle Akbar 16-4-44-2; Waqar Ahmed 11-4-31-2; Arshad Khan 19.5-8-42-0; Taimur Khan 7-2-21-3.
PESHAWAR (1st Innings):
Riffatullah not out 30
Aftab Khan not out 14
EXTRAS (LB-7, NB-6) 13
TOTAL (for no wkt, 15 overs) 57
BOWLING (to-date): Abdur Rauf 8-0-26-0; Mir Usman 3-1-12-0; Asim Butt 2-0-8-0; Shafiq Ahmed 2-0-6-0.
UMPIRES: Islam Khan and Afzaal Ahmed.
MATCH REFEREE: Rab Nawaz.
