LAHORE, Dec 21: The fast-cum-spin attack of Faisalabad restricted Lahore Blues to a first innings total of 195 on the first day of the Group-I Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship match at LCCA Ground on Saturday.
Faisalabad replied with six for no wicket when stumps were drawn for the day.
Put into the bat the Blues had reached 133 for four before the rot set in as the remaining six wickets yielded only 62 runs.
Leg-spinner Farooq Iqbal bowled economically and conceded just 14 runs in 11 overs and, in the process, picked up three wickets. Pacer Moazzam Ali also took three wickets but gave away 65 runs.
Latif Gohar top-scored for the home team with 61-ball 40. Opener Musharraf Ali made 39.
Meanwhile, Saeed Anwar’s bid to regain his spot in Pakistan World Cup squad was took a jolt at Sports Stadium in Sargodha when he was run out for four while turning out for National Bank as a guest player.
Despite useful contributions from Sajid Ali (57) and Akhtar Sarfraz (39), the bankers were bowled out for 171 after asked to bat first.
Ahmed Hayat (four for 50) and Mohammad Sarfraz (three for 21) shared the wickets.
Wapda’s pacer Faisal Irfan ripped through debutants Servis Industries’ batting to take six for 29 in the game at Gymkhana Ground in Okara.
After being dismissed for 136 in their first innings, Wapda hit back immediately as Servis folded up for 115. Tariq Aziz was Wapda’s main scorer with 64 off 71 deliveries.
Scoreboard
LAHORE BLUES (1st Innings):
Musharaf Ali c Zeeshan b Moazzam 19
Ali Hussain c Ijaz b Farooq 39
Sohail Idrees lbw b Moazzam 9
Adnan Usman c Salman b Zeeshan 7
Latif Gohar run out 40
Manzoor Elahi c Salman b Nadeem 10
Ali Raza hit wkt b Nadeem 6
Rauf Wyne b Farooq 0
Shahzad Butt c Faiz b Farooq 25
Ahmed Khan not out 6
Sajid Ali c Salman b Moazzam 1
EXTRAS (B-3, LB-8, W-7, NB-15) 33
TOTAL (all out, 75.2 overs) 195
FALL OF WKTS: 1-47, 2-62, 3-76, 4-133, 5-140, 6-156, 7-157, 8-157, 9-194.
BOWLING: Nadeem Afzal 18-6-39-2; Mohammad Naeem 15-4-40-0; Moazzam Ali 21.2-2-65-3; Wasim Haider 5-2-15-0; Zeeshan Asif 5-2-11-1; Farooq Iqbal 11-4-14-3.
FAISALABAD (1st innings):
Zeeshan Asif not out 0
Asif Hussain not out 0
EXTRAS (B-1, W-5) 6
TOTAL (for no wkt, 2 overs) 6
BOWLING (to-date): Shahzad Butt 1-1-0-0; Sajid Ali 1-0-5-0.
Brief scores of other Group-I matches:
*At Gymkhana Ground, Okara
WAPDA 136 in 48.1 overs (Tariq Aziz 64; Imran Adil 3-38, Mohammad Irshad 3-49) and 0-0 in 1 over;
SERVIS INDUSTRIES 115 in 26 overs (Faisal Irfan 6-29).
*At Sports Stadium, Sargodha
NATIONAL BANK 171 in 62.2 overs (Sajid Ali 57, Akhtar Sarfraz 39; Ahmed Hayat 4-50, Mohammad Sarfraz 3-21);
SARGODHA 0-0 in 1.2 overs.