LAHORE, Jan 12: Despite a superb century by Naved Latif, Faisalabad were all out for a modest 250 against defending champions Sialkot on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League tie at the Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot on Friday.
Naved, the former Test right-hander, made a 162-ball 126 with the help of 16 fours and three sixes to revive Faisalabad’s hopes after the first five batsmen had gone for 47 runs.
Paceman Kashif claimed five for 50.
Sialkot suffered a setback when skipper Imran Nazir was forced to retire hurt with his score on 16. The home side also Shahid Yousuf for six to end the day at 26 for one.
Scoreboard
FAISALABAD (1st Innings):
Imran Ali c Khalid b Kashif 21
Asif Hussain c Khalid b Sarfraz 5
Usman Arshad b Kashif 0
Mohammad Zahid c Shahzad b Kashif 32
Misbah-ul-Haq lbw b Asim 4
Naved Latif c Khalid b Kashif 126
Mohammad Salman c Khalid b Asim 1
Ahmed Hayat c Sarfraz b Asim 5
Ali Raza c Mansoor b Rehman 28
Saeed Ajmal c Khalid b Kashif 6
Asad Ali not out 0
EXTRAS (LB-13, W-9) 22
TOTAL (all out, 65.2 overs) 250
FALL OF WKTS: 1-11, 2-17, 3-40, 4-40, 5-47, 6-119, 7-134, 8-214, 9-245.
BOWLING: Sarfraz Ahmed 18-6-43-1; Kashif Raza 19.2-5-50-5 (6w); Asim Butt 12-0-71-3 (3w); Tahir Mughal 8-0-34-0; Abdur Rehman 8-1-31-1.
SIALKOT (1st Innings):
Imran Nazir retired hurt 16
Atiq-ur-Rehman not out 1
Shahid Yousuf c Imran b Ahmed 6
Kashif Raza not out 0
EXTRAS (LB-2, W-1) 3
TOTAL (for one wkt, 8 overs) 26
FALL OF WKT: 1-26.
TO BAT: Ijaz Ahmed Jr, Shahzad Malik, Hafiz Khalid, Tahir Mughal, Abdur Rehman, Sarfraz Ahmed, Asim Butt.
BOWLING (to-date): Asad Ali 4-2-4-0; Ahmed Hayat 4-0-20-1 (1w).
UMPIRES: Rasheed Bhatti and Ahmed Shahab.
MATCH REFEREE: Azhar Khan.
OFFICIAL SCORER: Farrukh Ilyas Raja.
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