KARACHI, Feb 7: Bahawalpur spinners Mohammad Zahid and Murtaza Hussain claimed five wickets apiece as Faisalabad made 204 in their first innings on the first day of the Quaid Trophy Grade-I clash at Bahawalpur Stadium Thursday.

According to details available here, only ex-Test man Zahoor Elahi (57) and Fida Hussain (49 not out) managed to make significant scores after Bahawalpur won the toss.

Zahid, the slow left-armer, captured five for 65 while off-spinner Murtaza finished with five for 67. Bahawalpur completed a fine day’s work by replying with 46 without loss.

Meanwhile, two matches saw no play at all Thursday because of rain in Sialkot and Sargodha respectively.

Peshawar, the Group-II leaders, are pitted against Sialkot at Jinnah Stadium while Sargodha are playing against Rest of Balochistan at Sports Stadium

Scoreboard

FAISALABAD (1st Innings):

Mohammad Ramzan c and b Zahid 31

Zahoor Elahi c Murtaza b Zahid 57

Sohail Nazir b Zahid 7

Ijaz Ahmed Jr c Murtaza b Zahid 12

Fida Hussain not out 49

Wasim Haider b Murtaza 21

Farooq Iqbal st Sajjad b Murtaza 9

Mohammad Zaman c Sajjad b Zahid 12

Nadeem Afzal b Murtaza 1

Sarfraz Butt c Usman b Murtaza 4

Aqeel Ahmed b Murtaza 0

EXTRAS (LB-8, NB-3) 11

TOTAL (all out, 77.1 overs) 204

FALL OF WKTS: 1-72, 2-84, 3-100, 4-110, 5-145, 6-154, 7-187, 8-190, 9-202.

BOWLING: Tahir Maqsood 6-1-24-0; Bilal Khilji 3-0-14-0; Mohammad Zahid 26-8-65-5; Murtaza Hussain 32.1-5-67-5; Maqbool Hussain 10-1-36-0.

BAHAWALPUR (1st Innings):

Hammad Tariq not out 34

Asif Iqbal not out 7

EXTRAS (B-1, NB-4) 5

TOTAL (for no wkt, 17 overs) 46

BOWLING (to-date): Nadeem Afzal 2-0-10-0; Sarfraz Butt 2-0-9-0; Aqeel Ahmed 6-1-15-0; Farooq Iqbal 5-1-5-0; Ijaz Ahmed Jr 2-0-6-0.

UMPIRES: Ijaz Ahmed and Z.I. Pasha.

MATCH REFEREE: Saadat Ali.

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