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LAHORE, Nov 24: Despite a seven-wicket haul by Mohammad Khalil and a gallant unbeaten century by Khaqan Arsal, Lahore Whites were facing imminent defeat against Sialkot in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy fixture at the Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot on Wednesday.
Lahore Whites closed the third day at 204 for nine and still require 85 for an unlikely win on the final day with Khaqan, their last hope, batting on 110. The visitors, however, never looked like getting anywhere near their target of 289 as they stumbled to 149 for nine before Khaqan and last man Aizaz Cheema delayed Sialkot's victory with a spirited unbroken partnership of 85.
Khaqan had cracked 10 fours and one six while faced 133 balls. Khalil had earlier initiated a great fight back by Lahore Whites by taking seven for 71 as Sialkot crashed to 157 all out in the second innings having started the day at 109 for five. The 22-year-old left-arm medium-pacer finished with a match bag of 11 for 173.
SCOREBOARD
SIALKOT (1st Innings) 270 (Mohammad Khalil 4-82, Fahad Masood 4-84).
LAHORE WHITES (1st Innings) 139.
SIALKOT (2nd Innings, overnight 109-5):
Imran Nazir lbw Khalil 0
Faisal Naveed c Ali Raza 48
Sufyan Munir c Ali Raza b Khalil 10
Shahid Yousuf c Ali Raza b Khalil 29
Qaiser Abbas c Aamir b Khalil 10
Shahzad Malik c sub b Aizaz 5
Rana Naveedul Hasan b Fahad 20
Hafiz Khalid lb b Khalil 1
Zahid Saeed b Khalil 2
Sarfraz Ahmed c Ali Raza b Fahad 8
Mohammad Asif not out 3
EXTRAS (B-5, LB-9, W-3, NB-4) 21
TOTAL (all out, 42 overs) 157
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-29, 3-77, 4-93, 5-102, 6-135, 7-138, 8-140, 9-149.
BOWLING: Mohammad Khalil 17-3-71-7; Fahad Masood 16-4-43-2; Aizaz Cheema 9-2-29-1.
LAHORE WHITES (2nd Innings):
Salman Butt c Khalid b Sarfraz 32
Taufiq Umar lbw Sarfraz 7
Kamran Sajid c Shahzad b Asif 2
Khaqan Arsal not out 110
Aamir Sajjad c Faisal b Rana Naveed 5
Sohail Ahmed c Rana Naveed b Faisal 15
Kamran Akmal lbw b Sarfraz 6
Ali Raza c Qaiser b Rana Naveed 1
Fahad Masood c Khalid b Rana Naveed 5
M. Khalil c Khalid b Rana Naveed 0
Aizaz Cheema not out 11
EXTRAS (LB-4, NB-6) 10
TOTAL (for nine wkts, 55 overs) 204
FALL OF WKTS: 1-23, 2-42, 3-46, 4-49, 5-72, 6-104, 7-116, 8-124, 9-124.
BOWLING (to-date): Mohammad Asif 11-2-49-1; Sarfraz Ahmed 17-5-57-3; Zahid Saeed 7-4-15-0; Rana Naveedul Hasan 16-5-74-4; Faisal Naveed 4-2-5-1.
