KARACHI, April 15: Spinner Imran Khalid claimed a five-wicket haul to put Punjab in commanding position on the first day of the Pentangular Cup fixture against NWFP-Balochistan at the National Stadium here o Sunday.

The slow left-armer took five for 32 in 22 overs to bowl out the combined regional side for 191 in their first innings after Punjab skipper Misbah-ul-Haq won the toss ad opted to field first.

Only Shoaib Khan Jr (39) and Adnan Raees (45) made noteworthy contributions for NWFP-Balochistan.

Punjab, in reply, were 30 for one at close of play.

Scoreboard

NWFP-BALOCHISTAN (1st Innings):

Shoaib Khan Jr c Salman b Imran Ali 39

Wajid Ali lbw b Zohaib 13

Yasir Hameed c Salman b Imran Ali 11

Riaz Kail lbw b Naved 16

Adnan Raees st Salman b Imran Khalid 45

Umar Javed b Imran Khalid 26

Ahmed Said lbw b Imran Khalid 0

Janisar Khan b Zohaib 10

Arun Lal c sub b Imran Khalid 6

Nasir Jalil c Imran Nazir b Imran Khalid 2

EXTRAS (B-7, LB-6, W-1, NB-8) 22

TOTAL (all out, 82 overs) 191

FALL OF WKTS: 1-31, 2-42, 3-78, 4-98, 5-159, 6-159, 7-179, 8-181, 9-185.

BOWLING: Imran Ali 16-4-29-2; Wahab Riaz 20.1-3-50-0 (7nb); Zohaib Ahmed 10.5-1-36-2 (1nb, 1w); Naved Latif 6-1-15-1; Mohammad Hafeez 2-1-1-0; Imran Khalid 22-12-32-5; Shoaib Malik 5-1-15-0.

PUNJAB (1st Innings):

Imran Nazir c Umar b Nasir 9

Mohammad Hafeez not out 12

Imran Khalid not out 1

EXTRAS (W-8) 8

TOTAL (for one wkt, 6 overs) 30

FALL OF WKT: 1-25.

TO BAT: Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Nasir Jamshed, Naved Latif, Mohammad Salman, Wahab Riaz, Zohaib Ahmed, Imran Ali.

BOWLING (to-date): Shakeel-ur-Rehman 3-0-17-0 (8w); Nasir Jalil 3-0-13-1.

UMPIRES: Afzaal Ahmed and Zaheer Ahmed.

MATCH REFEREE: Ishtiaq Ahmed.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Muhammad Ahsan.