Ayub's 88 gives Sialkot vital lead

Published March 10, 2004

KARACHI, March 9: A crucial knock of 88 by Mohammad Ayub gave Sialkot a vital 42-run first innings lead over Rawalpindi on the second day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy tie at the Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot on Tuesday.

Sialkot, who resumed at 70 for three in reply to Rawalpindi's 170, were all out for 212. The visitors were 126 for three in their second innings.

Scoreboard

RAWALPINDI (1st Innings) 170.

SIALKOT (1st Innings, overnight 70-3):

Faisal Naveed c Sohail b Najaf 4

Sufyan Munir c Shiraz b Saad 12

Faisal Khan c Shahbaz b Najaf 0

Mohammad Ayub c Babar b Shiraz 88

Kamran Younis c Bilal b Rizwan 24

Shahzad Malik c Shahbaz b Bilal 49

Tahir Mughal c Shahbaz b Alamgir 4

Mohammad Islam c Babar b Alamgir 0

Abdul Rehman c Shahbaz b Alamgir 0

Jaffar Nazir not out 11

Sarfraz Ahmed c Sohail b Shiraz 0

EXTRAS (LB-4, NB-20) 24

TOTAL (all out, 74.4 overs) 212

FALL OF WKTS: 1-8. 2-15, 3-8, 4-83, 5-166, 6-177, 7-177, 8-177, 9-212.

BOWLING: Najaf Shah 17-2-36-2 (5nb); Rizwan Akbar 14-2-47-1 (5nb); Saad Altaf 19-5-67-1 (7nb); Alamgir Khan 13-4-22-3; Bilal Asad 9-4-29-1; Shiraz Khalid 2.4-0-7-2.

RAWALPINDI (2nd Innings):

Sohail Nasir c Kamran b A. Rehman 27

Afaq Raheem not out 55

Babar Naeem c Ayub b A. Rehman 0

Atif Ashraf c and b Kamran 41

Bilal Asad not out 0

EXTRAS (W-1, NB-2) 3

TOTAL (for three wkts, 41 overs) 126

FALL OF WKTS: 1-56, 2-56, 3-119.

BOWLING (to-date): Jaffar Nazir 11-1-36-0 (2nb, 1w); Tahir Mughal 11-3-31-0; Sarfraz Ahmed 7-2-17-0; Abdul Rehman 10-0-35-2; Kamran Younis 2-0-7-1.

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