LAHORE, Feb 1: A four-wicket haul by Tauqir Hussain helped Faisalabad to restrict Peshawar to a modest first-innings total of 215 on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League fixture at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on Thursday.

Peshawar, lying second in the standings with 18 points, were off to a poor start as they lost the first three wickets for 17 runs before half-centuries by Fawwad Khan (69 with 10 fours) and Shoaib Khan (59, two fours steadied them in a fourth-wicket partnership of 100. But once Fawwad went, Peshawar’s innings lost momentum.

Faisalabad, who are at the bottom in the seven-team contest, were 39 without loss at stumps.

Scoreboard

PESHAWAR (1st Innings):

Aftab Khan c Ijaz b Faisal 0

Fawwad Khan c Naved b Tauqir 69

Mohammad Fayyaz c Saeed b Faisal 6

Riffatullah Mohmand b Asad 6

Shoaib Khan c Salman b Asad 59

Mohammad Nawaz b Taufiq 8

Zulfiqar Jan lbw b Tauqir 0

Arshad Khan b Saeed 25

Riaz Afridi b Saeed 1

Waqar Ahmed not out 13

Fazle Akbar c Misbah b Tauqir 0

EXTRAS (LB-17, NB-11) 28

TOTAL (all out, 62.4 overs) 215

FALL OF WKTS: 1-0, 2-8, 3-17, 4-117, 5-136, 6-137, 7-187, 8-191, 9-207.

BOWLING: Faisal Afridi 11-2-41-2; Asad Ali 21-3-57-2 (5nb); Ahmed Hayat 12-2-40-0; Tauqir Hussain 12.4-2-47-4 (6nb); Saeed Ajmal 6-2-13-2.

FAISALABAD (1st Innings):

Imran Ali not out 15

Asif Hussain not out 18

EXTRAS (B-4, LB-2) 6

TOTAL (for no wkt, 20 overs) 39

TO BAT: Misbah-ul-Haq, Ijaz Ahmed Jr, Naved Latif, Mohammad Salman, Tauqir Hussain, Ahmed Hayat, Faisal Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Asad Ali.

BOWLING (to-date): Fazle Akbar 7-3-12-0; Riaz Afridi 6-2-5-0; Waqar Ahmed 7-4-16-0.

UMPIRES: Iftikhar Malik and Rasheed Bhatti.

MATCH REFEREE: Saadat Ali.

OFFICIAL SCORER: Tahir Suhaib.

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