Sialkot stage fight back

Published January 17, 2003

LAHORE, Jan 16: Sialkot staged a fine comeback in their fog-hit Quaid Trophy Group-III match against Lahore Whites at LCCA Ground on Thursday.

The home side could add only 91 runs in losing the last  six wickets after resuming their first innings at 173 for four some 15 minutes before lunch.

Sialkot ended the day on 51 for no loss. Only 25.3 overs were bowled on Thursday.

Sheikhupura were all out for 257 against Pakistan Customs after resuming their first innings at 154 for  three at Sheikhupura Stadium. At stumps, Customs were 43 for one.

Habib Bank, meanwhile, threw caution to the wind by adding 129 in 38 overs to the overnight 106 for one against Gujranwala at Lahore Country Club in Muridke.

Scoreboard

LAHORE WHITES (1st Innings, overnight 173-4):

Rizwan Aslam run out 14

Imran Butt c Shahzad b Faisal 30

Khurram Siddique lbw b Tahir 13

Khurram Chauhan c sub b Sajjad 56

Aamir Sajjad c Imran b Sajjad 82

Tariq Mahmood c Khalique b Tahir 18

Saleem Shahzad lbw b Shahid 9

Wahab Riaz b Tahir 4

Wasim Khan lbw b Tahir 6

Irfan Sohail c and b Sajjad 2

Mohammad Asif not out 0

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-7, W-6, NB-16) 30

TOTAL (all out, 112.3 overs) 264

FALL OF WKTS: 1-28, 2-51, 3-78, 4-169, 5-194, 6-217, 7-230, 8-240, 9-264.

BOWLING: Tahir Mughal 46-13-82-4; Shahid Khan 23.1-5-68-1; Sajjad-ul-Haq 14.3-3-31-1; Imran Tahir 22-5-57-0; Usman Mushtaq 0.5-0-4-0; Faisal Khan 6-2-14-1.

SIALKOT (1st Innings):

Shaiman Butt not out 29

Usman Mushtaq not out 21

EXTRAS (NB-1) 1

TOTAL (for no wkt, 18 overs) 51

BOWLING (to-date): Wasim Khan 9-1-26-0; Wahab Riaz 5-0-12-0; Khurram Chauhan  4-1-13-0.

Summarised scores of other Group-III matches:

*At Sheikhupura Stadium, Sheikhupura:

SHEIKHUPURA 257 (Saleem Mughal 69, Mohammad Ayub 64; Imran Ali 3-108, Salman Fazal 3-44);

PAKISTAN CUSTOMS 43-1.

*At Lahore Country Club, Muridke:

HABIB BANK  235-2 (Abdul Rahman 74 not out, Riffatullah 61, Khaqan Arsal 49, Hasan Raza 32 not out) v GUJRANWALA.

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