KARACHI, Feb 2: Devastating pace bowling by Tahir Mughal put Sialkot on verge of their first victory in the Quaid Trophy Grade-I tie at Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot Saturday.
Tahir captured seven for 63 as Rest of NWFP were sent packing for 120 in their first innings after making 52 as Sialkot, overnight 308 for seven, declared at 380 for nine, according to details available here.
Tahir then took two more wickets to leave NWFP tottering at 70 for six in their second innings after the follow-on was enforced.
SIALKOT (1st Innings, overnight 308-7):
Faisal Naveed lbw b Sajid 14
Shakeel Ansar c Bilal b Riaz 16
Hafiz Majid c Ahmed b Noorul 104
Shahzad Malik c Ahmed b Riaz 5
Faisal Khan c Ahmed b Sajid 17
Shoaib Malik c Adnan b Bilal 100
Iffan Rauf c Ahmed b Noorul 12
Tahir Mughal b Noorul 52
Aamir Wasim c Ibrahim b Riaz 5
Shahid Khan not out 23
EXTRAS (B-1, LB-7, W-1, NB-23) 32
TOTAL (for nine dec, 102.4 overs) 380
FALL OF WKTS: 1-39, 2-42, 3-62, 4-115, 5-233, 6-283, 7-305, 8-315, 9-380.
BOWLING: Sajid Shah 25-2-107-2; Riaz Afridi 26-11-93-3; Umair Khan 16-3-58-0; Noorul Amin 23.4-9-54-3; Mohammad Ibrahim 6-0-42-0; Bilal Marwat 6-1-18-1.
REST OF NWFP (1st Innings):
Ahmed Said c Shakeel b Tahir 3
Mohammad Ibrahim b Tahir 33
Akbar Badshah lbw b Tahir 0
Asmatullah c Shakeel b Tahir 4
Abdul Salam b Shahid 8
Adnan Raees b Shahid 21
Bilal Marwat b Tahir 3
Sajid Shah c Zahid b Shahid 6
Riaz Afridi c F. Naveed b Tahir 15
Noorul Amin not out 0
Umair Khan b Tahir 13
EXTRAS (W-6, NB-8) 14
TOTAL (all out, 33 overs) 120
FALL OF WKTS: 1-24, 2-24, 3-28, 4-59, 5-63, 6-66, 7-76, 8-105, 9-105.
BOWLING: Tahir Mughal 13-1-63-7; Zahid Saeed 7-4-16-0; Shoaib Malik 4-1-5-0; Shahid Khan 9-1-36-3.
REST OF NWFP (2nd Innings):
Ahmed Said c Majid b Tahir 6
Mohammad Ibrahim c Shakeel b Tahir 5
Akbar Badshah c Shakeel b Zahid 5
Asmatullah not out 33
Abdul Salam c and b Zahid 2
Adnan Raees c Shakeel b Zahid 1
Bilal Marwat c Shakeel b Shoaib 8
Sajid Shah not out 1
EXTRAS (LB-3, W-1, NB-5) 9
TOTAL (for six wkts, 22 overs) 70
FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-17, 3-32, 4-34, 5-42, 6-69.
BOWLING (to-date): Tahir Mughal 8-2-27-2; Shahid Khan 4-2-4-0; Zahid Saeed 4-1-16-3; Aamir Wasim 3-1-9-0; Shoaib Malik 3-1-11-1.
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