KARACHI, Feb 12: Peshawar took firm control of their crucial Quaid Trophy Grade-I clash against defending champions Lahore Blues at Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar Tuesday.
According to details available here, an eventful opening day saw no less 20 wickets falling after the Blues skipper Saleem Elahi elected to field first at the toss.
Peshawar were restricted to a modest 176 all out in their first innings with left-arm pacer Sajid Ali and Waqas Ahmed sharing eight wickets between them.
But the home team hit back with vengeance to send the champions reeling to 83 all out in 21.3 overs. Fazle Akbar, not for the first time, was in devastating form as he ripped through the visitors’ innings to capture five for 18 in 10.3 overs of hostile pace bowling.
By close of play, Peshawar were one for no wicket. They now lead by 84 runs.
PESHAWAR (1st Innings):
Riffatullah c Imran Jr b Hasnain 0
Aftab Khan lbw b Sajid 5
Yasir Hameed c Bazid b Sajid 36
Wajahat Wasti c Humayun b Waqas 35
Shoaib Khan c Imran Jr b Sajid 33
Taimur Khan c Humayun b Waqas 2
Zulfiqar Jan lbw b Waqas 0
Arshad Khan not out 20
Kabir Khan b Sajid 10
Fazle Akbar c Imran Farhat b Hussain 6
Waqar Ahmed b Waqas 1
EXTRAS (B-2, LB-9, NB-17) 28
TOTAL (all out, 51 overs) 176
FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-52, 3-53, 4-129, 5-133, 6-133, 7-136, 8-153, 9-171.
BOWLING: Hasnain Kazim 15-5-39-1; Waqas Ahmed 17-0-75-4; Sajid Ali 18-5-37-4; Mohammad Hussain 3-0-14-1.
LAHORE BLUES (1st Innings):
Imran Farhat c Zulfiqar b Kabir 2
Imran Nazir Jr lbw b Kabir 6
Sohail Idrees c Wajahat b Fazle 25
Bazid Khan b Kabir 10
Saleem Elahi c Zulfiqar b Fazle 1
Mohammad Hussain lbw b Fazle 4
Zia-ur-Rehman b Waqar 1
Humayun Farhat c Shoaib b Fazle 0
Hasnain Kazim lbw b Waqar 8
Waqas Ahmed not out 5
Sajid Ali b Fazle 0
EXTRAS (LB-11, W-1, NB-9) 21
TOTAL (all out, 21.3 overs) 83
FALL OF WKTS: 1-14, 2-27, 3-56, 4-57, 5-65, 6-70, 7-70, 8-74, 9-82.
BOWLING: Kabir Khan 8-0-43-3; Fazle Akbar 10.3-3-18-5; Waqar Ahmed 3-0-11-2.
PESHAWAR (2nd Innings):
Riffatullah not out 1
Aftab Khan not out 0
EXTRAS 0
TOTAL (for no wkt, 1.1 overs) 1
BOWLING (to-date): Hasnain Kazim 1-0-1-0; Waqas Ahmed 0.1-0-0-0.
UMPIRES: M. Akbar Khan and Waqar A. Mughal.
MATCH REFEREE: Khateeb Rizwan.