Atiq stands tall for Sialkot
LAHORE, Feb 1: A fine 70 by opener Atiq-ur-Rehman guided Sialkot to 212 for six against Lahore Shalimar on the first day of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Gold League fixture at the Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot on Thursday.
Atiq’s 153-ball innings contained 11 boundaries. Apart from him, Mansoor Amjad (25) and Ayub Dogar (28 not out) were the other batsmen to make useful contributions.
Medium-pacer Junaid Zia took three for 33 while slow left-armer Mohammad Hussain claimed two wickets.
As many as 11 overs were lost because of fading light.
Scoreboard
SIALKOT (1st Innings):
Hafiz Majid c Humayun b Khalil 5
Atiq-ur-Rehman c Humayun b Junaid 70
Mansoor Amjad b Hussain 25
Shahid Yousuf c and b Junaid 22
Shahzad Malik lbw b Hussain 2
Mohammad Ayub not out 28
Ijaz Ahmed c Jamshed b Junaid 16
Tahir Mughal not out 28
EXTRAS (B-2, LB-8, NB-6) 16
TOTAL (for six wkts, 79 overs) 212
FALL OF WKTS: 1-10, 2-75, 3-127, 4-132, 5-136, 6-152.
TO BAT: Hafiz Khalid, Kashif Raza, Sarfraz Ahmed.
BOWLING (to-date): Mohammad Khalil 16-3-48-1 (5nb); Junaid Zia 17-7-33-3; Jamshed Ahmed 15-4-42-0; Mohammad Hussain 28-8-69-2; Arsalan Mir 3-0-10-0 (1nb).
LAHORE SHALIMAR: Salman Butt, Ahmed Shahzad, Ashraf Ali, Aamir Sajjad, Arsalan Mir, Jahangir Mirza, Humayun Farhat, Mohammad Hussain, Junaid Zia, Mohammad Khalil, Jamshed Ahmed.
UMPIRES: Riazuddin and Kaukab Butt.
MATCH REFEREE: Abdul Sami Khan.
OFFICIAL SCORER: Farrukh Ilyas Raja.