LAHORE,Feb11: Faisalabad were on verge of taking first innings lead after reducing Sialkot to 291 for seven on the third day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy match at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Wednesday.

Test reject Imran Nazir (83 with 15 fours and one six) and Shahzad Malik (93 with 10 fours and one six) were the main scorers for Sialkot, who are still 90 runs away from overhauling Faisalabad's total of 381.

Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan, who has been recalled for thenational training camp for the Indian series, enjoyed a good day by claiming three for 86 and then scoring a bright 41, laced with two sixes and as many fours.

Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal captured three of the wickets.

Scoreboard

FAISALABAD (1st Innings, overnight 351-8):

Mohammad Hafeez c Khalid b Zahid 47

Mohammad Ramzan b Jaffar 7

Asif Hussain c Imran b Naveed 24

Misbah-ul-Haq c Khalid b Naveed 10

Ijaz Ahmed Jr c Faisal b Rehman 94

Naved Latif c Zahid b Shoaib 88

Mohammad Salman c Zahid b Shoaib 1

Ahmed Hayat st Khalid b Shoaib 31

Faisal Afridi lbw b Rehman 22

Shahid Nazir c Shahzad b Naveed 18

Saeed Ajmal not out 6

EXTRAS (LB-8, W-2, NB-21) 31

TOTAL (all out, 89.3 overs) 381

FALL OF WKTS: 1-26-2-48, 3-71, 4-127, 5-291, 6-294, 7-302, 8-335, 9-369.

BOWLING: Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 23-3-86-3; Jaffar Nazir 21-3-84-1; Zahid Saeed 11-0-61-1; Abdul Rehman 19-1-73-2; Shoaib Malik 15.3-2-69-3.

SIALKOT (1st Innings):

Imran Nazir c Misbah b Saeed 83

Faisal Khan lbw b Shahid 1

Shahid Yousuf c Saeed b Faisal 16

Shahzad Malik c Misbah b Saeed 93

Shoaib Malik c Naved b Saeed 8

Qaiser Abbas c Salman b Naved 25

Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan lbw b Faisal 41

Zahid Saeed not out 2

Abdul Rehman not out 3

EXTRAS (B-5, LB-9, W-1, NB-4) 19

TOTAL (for seven wkts, 82 overs) 291

FALL OF WKTS: 1-12, 2-43, 3-134, 4-150, 5-221, 6-275, 7-285.

BOWLING (to-date): Shahid Nazir 19-3-58-1; Ahmed Hayat 12-2-48-0; Faisal Afridi 14-1-61-2; Saeed Ajmal 28-2-76-3; Naved Latif 5-1-13-1; Mohammad Hafeez 4-0-21-0.