Faisalabad chalk up first win

Published February 4, 2007

LAHORE, Feb 3: Faisalabad dented Peshawar’s hopes of making the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League final by securing their first win of the season at the Iqbal Stadium on Saturday.

Faisalabad’s seven-wicket triumph inside three days earned them nine points which lifted them above Lahore Shalimar in the current standings.

Medium-pacer Ahmed Hayat was Faisalabad’s hero with figures of five for 20 as Peshawar were bundled out for 105 in the second innings.

Chasing 72 for victory, the hosts lost three wickets with Tauqir Hussain striking an unbeaten 38.

Scoreboard

PESHAWAR (1st Innings) 215 (Fawwad Khan 69; Tauqir Hussain 4-47).

FAISALABAD (1st Innings, overnight 245-9):

Imran Ali lbw b Arshad 51

Asif Hussain c Riaz b Arshad 48

Misbah-ul-Haq c Zulfiqar b Waqar 14

Naved Latif c Arshad b Riaz 14

Ijaz Ahmed Jr c Nawaz b Riaz 75

Ahmed Hayat c Nawaz b Arshad 3

Mohammad Salman c Shoaib b Riaz 3

Tauqir Hussain run out 11

Faisal Afridi c Zulfiqar b Riaz 17

Saeed Ajmal lbw b Arshad 5

Asad Ali not out 0

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-3, NB-1) 8

TOTAL (all out, 107.5 overs) 249

FALL OF WKTS: 1-94, 2-119, 3-121, 4-158, 5-177, 6-180, 7-204, 8-228, 9-245.

BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 19-7-28-0; Riaz Afridi 32.5-6-92-4; Waqar Ahmed 22-8-48-1; Arshad Khan 34-8-74-4 (1nb).

PESHAWAR (2nd Innings):

Riffatullah Mohmand c Imran b Faisal 10

Fawwad Khan c Misbah b Faisal 0

Mohammad Fayyaz c Imran b Faisal 10

Aftab Khan lbw b Asad 25

Shoaib Khan b Ahmed 4

Mohammad Nawaz lbw b Asad 1

Zulfiqar Jan c Asad b Ahmed 3

Arshad Khan c Ijaz b Ahmed 0

Riaz Afridi b Misbah b Ahmed 0

Waqar Ahmed b Asad 5

Fazle Akbar not out 5

EXTRAS (LB-3, W-1, NB-2) 6

TOTAL (all out, 35.3 overs) 105

FALL OF WKTS: 1-3, 2-24, 3-82, 4-87,5-90, 6-93, 7-94,8-94, 9-95.

BOWLING: Faisal Afridi 8-1-21-2; Asad Ali 12.5-2-41-3 (1w); Ahmed Hayat 10-2-20-5 (1nb); Tauqir Hussain 3-1-10-0 (1nb); Saeed Ajmal 2-0-10-0.

FAISALABAD (2nd Innings):

Imran Ali b Riaz 6

Asif Hussain c Shoaib b Riaz 11

Mohammad Salman not out 12

Misbah-ul-Haq run out 0

Tauqir Hussain not out 38

EXTRAS (NB-5) 5

TOTAL (for three wkts, 16.3 overs) 72

FALL OF WKTS: 1-8, 2-19, 3-19.

BOWLING: Riaz Afridi 8.3-1-46-2 (5nb); Waqar Ahmed 5-1-24-0; Arshad Khan 3-2-2-0.

RESULT: Faisalabad won by seven wickets.

UMPIRES: Iftikhar Malik and Rasheed Bhatti.

MATCH-REFEREE: Saadat Ali.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Tahir Suhaib.

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