KARACHI, Oct 22: Solid knocks by Imran Ali, Asif Hussain and Khurram Shahzad propelled last season’s runners-up Faisalabad to 270 for four on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League fixture against Peshawar at the Arbab Niaz Stadium on Saturday.
Peshawar, the reigning champions, elected to field first but skipper Wajahatullah Wasti’s decision backfired as Imran (74 with 13 fours) and Asif (77 with eight fours) added 109 for the second wicket.
Khurram then kept up the good work by hitting an unbeaten 61, which included six fours and one six.
Fazle Akbar, the ex-Test speedster, claimed three for 49 in 18 overs.
Scoreboard
FAISALABAD (1st Innings):
Imran Ali b Fazle 74
Mohammad Zahid c Wajahat b Fazle 9
Asif Hussain c Aftab b Aslam 77
Khurram Shahzad not out 61
Misbahul Haq lbw b Fazle 35
Samiullah Niazi not out 0
EXTRAS (B-1, W-5, NB-8) 14
TOTAL (for four wkts, 83 overs) 270
FALL OF WKTS: 1-19, 2-128, 3-204, 4-267.
TO BAT: Ijaz Ahmed Jr, Mohammad Salman, Imran Khalid, Asad Ali, Ahmed Hayat.
BOWLING (to-date): Fazle Akbar 18-3-49-3; Waqar Ahmed 15-3-61-0 (4nb); Nauman Habib 15-2-77-0 (4nb, 5w); Aslam Qureshi 31-11-59-1; Wajahatullah Wasti 3-0-16-0; Yasir Hameed 1-0-7-0.
PESHAWAR: Yasir Hameed, Riffatullah Mohmand, Wajahatullah Wasti, Shoaib Khan, Akhtar Sarfraz, Aftab Khan, Zulfiqar Jan, Aslam Qureshi, Waqar Ahmed, Nauman Habib, Fazle Akbar.
UMPIRES: Nadeem Ghauri and Iftikhar Malik.
MATCH REFEREE: Khalid Niazi.
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