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DHARAMSALA (India), Sept 28: Former Pakistan opener Imran Nazir lashed 123 from 113 balls on day two of the Nissar Trophy four-day game between the national champions of India and Pakistan on Thursday.
The hard-hitting Imran hit 16 fours and five sixes before being the last man out for Quaid-i-Azam winners Sialkot in this northern hill town.
Imran, sidelined from the national team since playing the last of his 61 One-day Internationals two years ago, dominated in a 122-run seventh wicket partnership to rescue the innings from 96 for six.
India's Ranji Trophy champions Uttar Pradesh earned a 55-run first innings lead, dismissing Sialkot for 261 in reply to their 316 all out, Rizwan Shamshad top-scoring with 84.
Scoreboard
UTTAR PRADESH (1st Innings, overnight 269-7):
R.P. Srivastava b Tahir 16
S.K. Shukla lbw b Asif 1
S.K. Raina c Shoaib b Asif 5
Ravikant Shukla c Shahzad b Sarfraz 54
P. Kumar c and b Sarfraz 2
Jyoti P. Yadav c Imran b A. Rehman 15
R. Shamshad lbw b A. Rehman 84
Piyush Chawla c Tahir b Shahid 49
Amir Khan c Khalid b Sarfraz 23
R.P. Singh b Tahir 15
S.J. Srivastava not out 2
EXTRAS (B-19, LB-23, W-8, NB-1) 51
TOTAL (all out, 102.4 overs) 316
FALL OF WKTS: 1-13, 2-23, 3-50, 4-53, 5-109, 6-121, 7-200, 8-269, 9-306.
BOWLING: Mohammad Asif 6.4-2-8-2; Sarfraz Ahmed 31-8-61-3; Tahir Mughal 27.2-2-97-1 (1w); Shahid Yousuf 2-0-8-1; Abdur Rehman 25.4-5-71-2; Shoaib Malik 9-1-19-0 (1nb); Shahzad Malik 1-0-9-0 (2nb).
SIALKOT (1st Innings):
Imran Nazir c Shukla b Singh 123
Hafiz Majid c Raina b Chawla 15
Shahid Yousuf c Amir b Singh 24
Mansoor Amjad b Kumar 3
Shoaib Malik c Shukla b S.J. Srivastava 24
Abdur Rehman c Amir b Kumar 0
Shahzad Malik lbw b S.J. Srivastava 14
Tahir Mughal b Chawla 29
Mohammad Asif b Chawla 0
Sarfraz Ahmed b Kumar 4
Hafiz Khalid not out 4
EXTRAS (B-5, LB-3, W-1, NB-12) 21
TOTAL (all out, 60.1 overs) 261
FALL OF WKTS: R.P. Singh 11.1-1-60-2 (1nb); S.J. Srivastava 11-4-24-2; Kumar 17-0-69-2 (11nb, 1w); Piyush Chawla 19-4-85-3; Yadav 2-0-16-0.
UTTAR PRADESH (2nd Innings):
R.P. Srivastava not out 6
S.K. Shukla not out 7
EXTRAS (NB-1) 1
TOTAL (for no wkt, 8 overs) 14
BOWLING (to-date): Mohammad Asif 4-1-6-0 (1nb); Sarfraz Ahmed 4-2-8-0.—Agencies
