LAHORE, Jan 25: Faisalabad’s poor run in the ongoing Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League competition continued on Thursday when they made 169 for nine against Rawalpindi at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad.
Replying to Rawalpindi’s 251, the hosts are still 82 runs behind with only one wicket standing. Their slim hopes now rest on skipper Misbah-ul-Haq, who is batting on a defiant 70.
Misbah, who has so far occupied the crease for 266 minutes, was the only batsman to offer resistance as five of his colleagues failed to score. The Test reject’s 160-ball knock contains 11 boundaries.
Left-arm medium-pacers Najaf Shah and Sohail Tanvir captured three wickets each.
Earlier, Rawalpindi, who resumed at 239 for eight, were all out for 251 with skipper Mohammad Wasim making a 150-ball 62.
Medium-pacer Ahmed Hayat grabbed four for 31 and Asad Ali three for 66.
Scoreboard
RAWALPINDI (1st Innings, overnight 239-8):
Sohail Nasir c Imran b Ahmed 1
Babar Naeem lbw b Asad 55
Tahir Rauf c Zahid b Ahmed 2
Naved Qureshi c Salman b Asad 35
Mohammad Wasim c Naved b Asad 62
Usman Saeed b Imran Khalid 6
Yasir Arafat lbw b Ahmed 10
Sohail Tanvir c Ahmed b Saeed 53
Sajid Mahmood c Ijaz b Saeed 5
Yasim Murtaza c and b Ahmed 0
Najaf Shah not out 0
EXTRAS (B-6, LB-9, W-1, NB-6) 22
TOTAL (all out, 90.1 overs) 251
FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-12, 3-99, 4-109, 5-124, 6-143, 7-219, 8-259, 9-251.
BOWLING: Ahmed Hayat 14.1-3-31-4 (3nb, 1w); Asad Ali 25-7-66-3 (3nb); Imran Khalid 25-4-76-1; Saeed Ajmal 23-6-54-2; Ijaz Ahmed Jr 3-0-9-0.
FAISALABAD (1st Innings):
Imran Ali c Sajid b Najaf 24
Mohammad Zahid c Yasim b Sohail 16
Abdul Mannan lbw b Najaf 0
Misbah-ul-Haq not out 70
Naved Latif b Sohail 0
Ijaz Ahmed Jr c Sajid b Sohail 11
Mohammad Salman c Sohail b Najaf 12
Imran Khalid c Sohail b Yasim 7
Ahmed Hayat lbw b Yasir 0
Saeed Ajmal b Yasir 0
Asad Ali not out 0
EXTRAS (B-10, LB-5, W-3, NB-11) 29
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 62 overs) 169
FALL OF WKTS: 1-35, 2-35,3-59, 4-59, 5-94, 6-127, 7-145, 8-150, 9-150.
BOWLING (to-date): Yasir Arafat 18-6-61-2 (5nb); Najaf Shah 18-6-32-3 (1w); Sohail Tanvir 20-4-49-3(6nb, 2w); Yasim Murtaza 6-0-12-1.
