Sialkot pile up imposing total

Published February 24, 2004

LAHORE, Feb 23:Half centuries byShahzadMalik, Shahid Yousuf and Qaiser Abbas guided Sialkot to a impressive first innings total of 337 for eight against Peshawar in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match at the Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot on Monday.

Shahzad scored 71 with 12 boundaries off 134 balls. Faisal contributed a 109-ball 61 with 10 fours while Qaiser made 54 that included 10 boundaries.

Scoreboard

SIALKOT (1st Innings):

Faisal Naveed c Aftab b Sajid 30

Tahir Mughal c Wajahat b Janisar 16

Faisal Khan c Fayyaz b Fazle 61

Shahid Yousuf c Wajahat b Arshad 23

Shahzad Malik b Janisar 71

Qaiser Abbas c Arshad b Fazle 54

Kamran Younis lbw b Fazle 1

Abdul Rehman b Janisar 10

Hafiz Khalid not out 27

Zahid Saeed not out 4

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-7, W-8, NB-21) 40

TOTAL (for eight wkts, 90 overs) 337

FALL OF WKTS: 1-56, 2-60, 3-131, 4-154, 5-247, 6-261, 7-300, 8-311.

BOWLING (to-date): Fazle Akbar 20-1-89-3; Sajid Shah 14-3-48-1; Janisar Khan 12-1-57-3; Arshad Khan 18-1-62-1; Noorul Amin 24-6-55-0; Fayyaz Ahmed 2-0-5-0.

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