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LAHORE, April 2: Three quick wickets by paceman Sarfraz Ahmed brought Sialkot back into contention in the Pentangular Cup match against National Bank on an eventful third day at the Multan Cricket Stadium on Sunday. The left-armer Sarfraz grabbed three for 22 to reduce the bankers to 139 for six in the second innings.
However, the bankers earned a first-innings lead of 128 after bowling out Sialkot for 409 earlier in the day. They now enjoy an overall lead of 267 going into Monday’s final day.
Sialkot opener Atiqur Rahman, who was 150 overnight, added just seven runs before he was caught by Samiullah Niazi off paceman Wasim Khan, who finished with four for 90.
Kamran Younis (49) and Tahir Mughal (42) were other main scorers for the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League champions.
For the Patron’s Trophy champions, leg-spinner Mansoor Amjad excelled with four for 102.
Scoreboard
NATIONAL BANK (1st Innings) 537 (Naumanullah 142, Mansoor Amjad 122).
SIALKOT (1st Innings, overnight 236-2):
Inamul Haq lbw b Wasim 69
Atiqur Rahman c Sami b Wasim 157
Faisal Khan c Shahid b Sami 0
Asim Butt c Mansoor b Wasim 8
Bilal Hussain b Wasim 37
Mohammad Ayub c Faisal b Mansoor 4
Abdur Rahman b Mansoor 49
Kamran Younis c sub b Irfan 42
Tahir Mughal not out 7
Khalid Mahmood b Mansoor 5
Sarfraz Ahmed c Imran b Mansoor 1
EXTRAS (B-8, LB-9, NB-7, W-6) 30
TOTAL (all out, 114 overs) 409
FALL OF WKTS: 1-218, 2-230, 3-243, 4-250, 5-267, 6-305, 7-383, 8-402, 9-407.
BOWLING: Mohammad Sami 25-3-88-1; Wasim Khan 29-6-90-4; Yasir Arafat 6-1-12-0; Irfanuddin 25-1-93-1; Mansoor Amjad 27-3-102-4; Shahid Yousuf 2-0-7-0.
NATIONAL BANK (2nd Innings):
Imran Nazir c Khalid b Sarfraz 14
Faisal Athar c Kamran b Sarfraz 19
Naumanullah c Bilal b Sarfraz 19
Shahid Yousuf c Ayub b Asim 8
Mansoor Amjad not out 30
Mohammad Sami c Bilal b Asim 0
Naved Latif c Khalid b Tahir 39
Yasir Arafat not out 3
EXTRAS (B-6, LB-1) 7
TOTAL (for six wkts, 36 overs) 139
FALL OF WKTS: 1-16, 2-50, 3-59, 4-71, 5-72, 6-134
BOWLING (to-date): Sarfraz Ahmed 12-4-22-3; Tahir Mughal 11-0-43-1; Asim Butt 7-0-47-2; Abdur Rahman 6-0-20-0.
