Lahore Blues forced to follow-on

Published October 30, 2004

LAHORE, Oct 29: A five-wicket burst by medium-pacer Ahmed Hayat enabled Faisalabad to force Lahore Blues to follow-on in Quaid Trophy at Qadhafi Stadium on Friday.

Ahmed sent down 13.5 overs and conceded 32 runs as Lahore Blues were bundled out for 174 while replying to Faisalabad's first innings total of 324 which they scored after resuming in the morning at 284 for six wickets.

Humayun Farhat (56) and Arslan Mir (47) showed defiance for Lahore Blues but they did not receive any support from other batsmen. Lahore Blues after follow-on were 26 for one wicket in the second knock when stumps were drawn for the day. Earlier, leg-spinner Imran Tahir finished with seven wickets for 118.

Scoreboard

FAISALABAD (1st innings, overnight 284 for six):

Muhammad Hafeez c Adnan b Sajid 5

Asif Hussain c Adnan b Imran 77

Usman Arshad c Humayun b Shahzad 30

Misbahul Haq lbw Imran 129

Ijaz Ahmed Jnr c Salman (sub) b Imran 4

Naved Latif c Kashif b Shahzad 19

Muhammad Salman lbw Imran 0

Ahmed Hayat c Adnan b Imran 16

Shahid Nazir lbw Imran 24

Faisal Afridi lbw b Imran 0

Saeed Ajmal not out 0

EXTRAS (LB-7, W-3, NB-10) 20

TOTAL (all out, 89 overs) 324

FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-70, 3-221, 4-249, 5-282, 6-284, 7- 288, 8- 315, 9-315.

BOWLING. Sajid Ali 16-5-37-1; Wasim Khan 23-4-66-0; Arslan Mir 7-1-24-0; Shahzad Butt 21-5-72-2; Imran Tahir 22-4-118-7.

LAHORE BLUES (1st innings):

Kashif Siddique c Ijaz b Shahid 15

Rizwan Aslam c Salman b A Hayat 17

Ashraf Ali c Salman b Shahid 10

Arslan Mir lbw c A Hayat 47

Shahnawaz Malik lbw Shahid 7

Humayun Farhat c Ijaz b A Hayat 56

Adnan Akmal lbw b Saeed 1

Imran Tahir c Hafeez b A Hayat 4

Wasim Khan c Misbah b Saeed 0

Shahzad Butt not out 10

Sajid Ali lbw b A Hayat 0

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-2, W-1) 7

TOTAL (all out, 58.5 overs) 174

FALL OF WKTS: 1-25, 2-35, 3-63, 4-76, 5-151, 6-158, 7-163, 8-164, 9-164.

BOWLING. Shahid Nazir 12-1-31-3; Faisal Afridi 13-4-37-0; Ahmed Hayat 13.5-5-32-5; Saeed Ajmal 20-3-68-2.

LAHORE BLUES (2nd innings)

Kashif Siddique batting 4

Rizwan Aslam b Faisal 19

Ashraf Ali batting 2

EXTRAS (B-1) 1

TOTAL (for one wkt, 9.4 overs) 26

FALL OF WKT: 1-26.

BOWLING: Shahid Nazir 5-2-12-0; Ahmed Hayat 4-0-10-0; Faisal Afridi 0.4-0- 3-1.

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