KARACHI, April 15: Spinner Imran Khalid claimed a five-wicket haul to put Punjab in commanding position on the first day of the Pentangular Cup fixture against NWFP-Balochistan at the National Stadium here o Sunday.
The slow left-armer took five for 32 in 22 overs to bowl out the combined regional side for 191 in their first innings after Punjab skipper Misbah-ul-Haq won the toss ad opted to field first.
Only Shoaib Khan Jr (39) and Adnan Raees (45) made noteworthy contributions for NWFP-Balochistan.
Punjab, in reply, were 30 for one at close of play.
Scoreboard
NWFP-BALOCHISTAN (1st Innings):
Shoaib Khan Jr c Salman b Imran Ali 39
Wajid Ali lbw b Zohaib 13
Yasir Hameed c Salman b Imran Ali 11
Riaz Kail lbw b Naved 16
Adnan Raees st Salman b Imran Khalid 45
Umar Javed b Imran Khalid 26
Ahmed Said lbw b Imran Khalid 0
Janisar Khan b Zohaib 10
Arun Lal c sub b Imran Khalid 6
Nasir Jalil c Imran Nazir b Imran Khalid 2
EXTRAS (B-7, LB-6, W-1, NB-8) 22
TOTAL (all out, 82 overs) 191
FALL OF WKTS: 1-31, 2-42, 3-78, 4-98, 5-159, 6-159, 7-179, 8-181, 9-185.
BOWLING: Imran Ali 16-4-29-2; Wahab Riaz 20.1-3-50-0 (7nb); Zohaib Ahmed 10.5-1-36-2 (1nb, 1w); Naved Latif 6-1-15-1; Mohammad Hafeez 2-1-1-0; Imran Khalid 22-12-32-5; Shoaib Malik 5-1-15-0.
PUNJAB (1st Innings):
Imran Nazir c Umar b Nasir 9
Mohammad Hafeez not out 12
Imran Khalid not out 1
EXTRAS (W-8) 8
TOTAL (for one wkt, 6 overs) 30
FALL OF WKT: 1-25.
TO BAT: Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Nasir Jamshed, Naved Latif, Mohammad Salman, Wahab Riaz, Zohaib Ahmed, Imran Ali.
BOWLING (to-date): Shakeel-ur-Rehman 3-0-17-0 (8w); Nasir Jalil 3-0-13-1.
UMPIRES: Afzaal Ahmed and Zaheer Ahmed.
MATCH REFEREE: Ishtiaq Ahmed.
OFFICIAL SCORER: Muhammad Ahsan.