LAHORE, Jan 13: Two quick blows by Sarfraz Ahmed brought Sialkot back into the match against Faisalabad on the second day of the Quaid-i-Azam Gold League at the Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot on Saturday.

Sarfraz dismissed Asif Hussain and Usman Arshad for ducks as Faisalabad, after gaining a 28-run lead on the first innings, lost advantage as they were reeling at 4-58 in the second innings by close of play.

Imran Ali was at the crease with 41.

Earlier, Sialkot resumed their 26 for one and despite a captain’s knock by Imran Nazir (72 off 97 balls, 10 fours and one six) and half-century by Ijaz Ahmed (52, eight fours) were all out for 222 in 58.2 overs in reply to Faisalabad's total of 250.

Scoreboard

FAISALABAD (1st Innings) 250 (Naved Latif 126; Kashif Raza 5-58).

SIALKOT (1st Innings, overnight 26-1):

Imran Nazir c Asad b Ahmed 72

Atiq-ur-Rehman c Saeed b Asad 7

Shahid Yousuf c Imran b Ahmed 6

Kashif Raza b Ahmed 0

Shahzad Malik c Usman b Asad 0

Ijaz Ahmed c Asif b Saeed 52

Abdur Rehman not out 37

Tahir Mughal c Misbah b Saeed 2

Hafiz Khalid c Imran b Saeed 1

Asim Butt c Salman b Ali 13

Sarfraz Ahmed c Ahmed b Asad 8

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-8, W-1, NB-10) 24

TOTAL (all out, 58.2 overs) 222

FALL OF WKTS: 1-26, 2-28, 3-31, 4-36, 5-154, 6-154, 7-157, 8-162, 9-203

BOWLING: Asad Ali 17.2-4-42-3; Ahmed Hayat 18-2-69-3; Saeed Ajmal 15-3-46-3; Ali Raza 3-0-52-1.

FAISALABAD (2nd Innings):

Imran Ali not out 41

Asif Hussain c Shahid b Sarfraz 0

Usman Arshad c Imran b Kashif 0

Mohammad Zahid c Shahzad b Sarfraz 0

Mohammad Salman b Asim 13

Misbah-ul-Haq not out 1

EXTRAS (LB-2, W-1) 3

TOTAL (for four wkts, 23 overs) 58

FALL OF WKTS: 1-1, 2-6, 3-7, 4-54.

BOWLING (to-date): Sarfraz Ahmed 8-3-16-2; Kashif Raza 6-2-19-1; Tahir Mughal 4-0-12-0; Asim Butt 5-2-9-1.