KARACHI, Feb 18: As many as 17 wickets fell on the first day of the vital Group-II Quaid Trophy Grade-I match between Peshawar and Sheikhupura at Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar Monday.
Sheikhupura, after being put in, were dismissed for 162 in their first innings with skipper Maqsood Raza top-scoring with 40.
Test discards Kabir Khan and Fazle Akbar shared the bowling honours with four wickets each, giving away 46 and 56 runs respectively.
Peshawar’s innings also got off to a dramatic start with five wickets crashing for 41 runs. But all-rounder Taimur Khan, who took two for 20 earlier in the day, kept his cool to guide Peshawar to 138 for seven with an unbeaten 47.
The winners of this match earn the right to play the March 1-5 final.
SHEIKHUPURA (1st Innings):
Imran Nazir c Aftab b Fazle 7
Mohammad Azam b Kabir 0
Majid Majeed b Fazle 3
Saleem Mughal b Fazle 12
Maqsood Raza c Zulfiqar b Taimur 40
Sarfraz Kazmi c Aftab b Taimur 18
Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan not out 26
Jaffar Nazir b Kabir 36
Mumtaz Ali lbw b Kabir 0
Kashif Raza c Zulfiqar b Kabir 0
Faisal Virk c Wajahat b Fazle 0
EXTRAS (LB-9, W-1, NB-10) 20
TOTAL (all out, 41.5 overs) 162
FALL OF WKTS: 1-6, 2-9, 3-18, 4-37, 5-85, 6-98, 7-153, 8-153, 9-153.
BOWLING: Kabir Khan 14-1-46-4; Fazle Akbar 15.5-1-56-4; Waqar Ahmed 6-0-30-0; Arshad Khan 1-0-1-0; Taimur Khan 5-0-20-2.
PESHAWAR (1st Innings):
Riffatullah run out 2
Aftab Khan run out 18
Yasir Hameed c Sarfraz b Jaffar 1
Wajahatullah Wasti c Majid b Kashif 0
Akhtar Sarfraz c and b Kashif 2
Taimur Khan not out 47
Waqar Ahmed c Saleem b Jaffar 21
Zulfiqar Jan b Rana Naveed 14
Arshad Khan not out 11
EXTRAS (B-6, LB-7, NB-9) 22
TOTAL (for seven wkts, 32 overs) 138
FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-8, 3-11, 4-30, 5-41, 6-95, 7-118.
TO BAT: Kabir Khan, Fazle Akbar.
BOWLING (to-date): Jaffar Nazir 15-2-60-2; Kashif Raza 5.5-0-9-2; Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan 9.1-1-45-1; Faisal Virk 2-0-11-0.
UMPIRES: M. Nazir Junior and Sadiq Mohammad.
MATCH REFEREE: Ali Zia.